Synopsis
When his older brother leaves to fight in the Second World War, fourteen-year-old Homer Macauley takes on a job as a bicycle telegraph messenger to provide for his widowed mother, his older sister and his younger brother. Homer delivers messages of love, hope, pain and death to the good people of Ithaca, but soon must grapple with a message that will change him forever. A coming-of-age story about the exuberance of youth, the abruptness of change, the sweetness of life, the sting of death, and the sheer goodness that lives in each and every one of us.
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Movie Details
| Domestic Releases: | September 9th, 2016 (Limited) by Momentum Pictures |
| Video Release: | October 4th, 2016 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |
| MPAA Rating: | PG for thematic elements, a war image, and smoking. (Rating bulletin 2427 (Cert #50484), 6/1/2016) |
| Running Time: | 85 minutes |
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| Keywords: | Directing Yourself, Coming of Age, 1940s, Widow/Widower, Bike Messengers |
| Source: | Based on Fiction Book/Short Story |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Historical Fiction |
| Production/Financing Companies: | Momentum Pictures, Creative Media Finance Corporation, Bron Studios, Co Op Entertainment, Apple Lane Productions, Pilothouse Pictures, Shy Moon Productions |
| Production Countries: | United States |
| Languages: | English |