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Painful Secrets(2000)
Status: Released
Date: 2000-05-30
57%
21 Votes
Time: 1h 34m
Overview:
Dawn isn't like other kids her age full of typical teenage angst about boys, school and parents. Her pain goes far deeper, and to deal with her emotional overload she physically cuts herself. The problem of adolescent girls committing self-mutilation is very real, and this movie exposes the growing epidemic. It's a film you can't afford to miss.
Languages: English.
Countries:
Canada,
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Carlton America
Lancaster Gate
Longbow Productions
Movie: Painful Secrets
Top 10 Billed Cast
Kimberlee Peterson
Dawn Cottrell
Sean Young
Joyce Cottrell
Robert Wisden
Russell Cottrell
Taylor Stanley
Lorraine Rafeedie
Rhea Perlman
Dr. Parella
Birkett Turton
Craig Crosetto
Rosemary Dunsmore
Principal Luce
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Overview
Dawn isn't like other kids her age full of typical teenage angst about boys, school and parents. Her pain goes far deeper, and to deal with her emotional overload she physically cuts herself. The problem of adolescent girls committing self-mutilation is very real, and this movie exposes the growing epidemic. It's a film you can't afford to miss.
Release Date
2000-05-30
Average
5.69
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