Letters to God (2010)
Director
David Nixon; Patrick Doughtie
Main cast
Robyn Lively; Jeffrey Johnson; Bailee Madison; Maree Cheatham; Tanner Maguire
Genres
Action, Drama, Family, Thriller
Description
A young boy fighting cancer writes letters to God, touching lives in his neighborhood and inspiring hope among everyone he comes in contact. An unsuspecting substitute postman, with a troubled life of his own, becomes entangled in the boy's journey and his family by reading the letters. They inspire him to seek a better life for himself and his own son he's lost through his alcohol addiction.
David Nixon; Patrick Doughtie
Main cast
Robyn Lively; Jeffrey Johnson; Bailee Madison; Maree Cheatham; Tanner Maguire
Genres
Action, Drama, Family, Thriller
Description
A young boy fighting cancer writes letters to God, touching lives in his neighborhood and inspiring hope among everyone he comes in contact. An unsuspecting substitute postman, with a troubled life of his own, becomes entangled in the boy's journey and his family by reading the letters. They inspire him to seek a better life for himself and his own son he's lost through his alcohol addiction.
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