Boy A

Freed after a lengthy term in a juvenile detention center, convicted child killer Jack Burridge finds work as a deliveryman and begins dating co-worker Michelle. While out on the road one day, Jack notices a distressed child, and, after reuniting the girl with her family, becomes a local celebrity. But when a local newspaper unearths his past, Jack must cope with the anger of citizens who fear for the safety of their children.

• child abuse
• rape
• based on novel or book
• parent child relationship
• rehabilitation
• grave
• melancholy
• based on true story
• coming of age
• criminal
• incest
• childhood
• haunted by the past
• hard
• moral dilemma
• hopeless
• candid
• violent youth
• bold
• disheartening
• empathetic
• harsh
• sympathetic