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Small Change

Small Change

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1976
1h 44m
7.2(169 votes)
Comedy
Drama

Overview

The lives of a motherless young man, who's just starting to find interest in women, and his physically abused, poverty stricken friend, are mixed with more or less innocent childhood experiences and challenges most their age experience.

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