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Synopsis: Writer, director and actor Martin Papazian's debut film LEAST AMONG SAINTS movingly illustrates a man's hard-fought road towards reconciling with his better self. Coming home to a broken marriage and uncertain future, veteran Anthony Hayward (Papazian) thinks he's at the end of his rope. But when his troubled ten year-old neighbor, Wade (Tristan Lake Leabu), calls out for help, Anthony can't seem to turn away. To the dismay of the boy's embattled social worker (Laura San Giacomo), Anthony sets out on a fool's quest to help this heartbroken but hard to reach child find his long-lost father, who might not even exist. Yet in the midst of this new mission - the first that seems to matter since his return -- Anthony begins to come to grips with both the costs of war and the universal power of human connection. As the film builds to an emotional climax, Papazian finds both the gravity and the grace in ordinary, flawed characters pushed to extraordinary acts of compassion and decency.
Genre: Crime, Drama
Director(s): Martin Papazian
Production: Vitagraph Films
 
IMDB:
6.4
Metacritic:
32
Rotten Tomatoes:
36%
R
Year:
2012
107 min
$28,026
Website
32 Views


I didn't mean to make

him upset. I was...

Aw, that's okay.

No matter what you tell them

anyway, he's just gonna keep at it.

He's got a mind of his own.

Don't you, boy?

So, you just moved in, right?

Yeah, something like that.

What's all your sh*t

doing on your lawn?

Uh, it's what's left over

from the ex-wife.

Ah, you should've left that

couch, man. It's nasty.

Yeah, I just took it

to piss her off.

Had to take something,

you know?

Oh, yeah, I just took my kid.

It's all I needed, huh?

That's not a bad deal.

I got the dog, too.

Oh...

You an angel?

Oh, no, it's just a trinket

I picked up along the way.

Yeah, you are.

You saved my ass.

Huuwahh!

Man, that sh*t was dope, man.

F***.

I should probably

go talk to him, so, um...

Can you just, you know,

watch him for a sec?

Wade, honey, I'm gonna

be right back, okay?

You just stay here with...

Jesus, what was your name?

Anthony.

Anthony.

You just stay with Anthony,

okay? Um...

Yeah, um,

I'll be right back, okay?

Is that your dad?

No.

How come you sleep out here?

You seen me sleeping out here?

You yell out in your sleep.

You shake and stuff.

Bad dreams.

Wade, honey? I'm gonna

be right back, okay?

Uh, you're fine watching him,

right? You're cool?

Um, what do I do with him?

Oh, no, you just like watch him

and when you're done playing...

you know, just make sure

he goes in the house.

Cool?

Okay, bye.

You want to skate some more?

I want to go home.

Might have better luck

plugging those bad boys in.

Is your mom home yet?

No.

I'm making hot dogs over there.

You want to come over

and get some grub?

Sure.

Where'd you learn

to fight like that?

It's a long story.

Why?

Well, I mean,

there's this kid at school...

What, does he pick on you?

Yeah.

Do you fight back?

No.

How come?

I'm scared to.

Well, nothing wrong with that.

Everyone's scared of something.

Gotta be careful waking you up,

it's like diffusing a bomb.

Good morning.

You are definitely within

500 feet of me right now.

I missed you.

And there's a gun on your floor.

Don't think about it too hard,

you might hurt yourself.

You're not in high school

any more, Anthony.

That sh*t doesn't impress me.

And you f***ing ruined my lawn!

Why can't you just call?

Like any normal alcoholic,

stalking ex?

It's not my style.

Look, I know somewhere in that

circus of a head of yours...

you think this is some kind

of display of affection.

But it's not, okay?

You can't come here any more.

I can't sleep.

What?

Won't... don't want to.

Rather not.

I can't handle the dreams.

They keep coming all the time.

Even when I'm awake.

Come here and I'm near you...

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