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<\/a><\/p>\nOne of the things I enjoy about sharing movies with you during Lent is\u2026seeing movies that I missed when they came around the first time. This is one of those films, and it\u2019s called\u00a0Saint Ralph<\/em>. Here\u2019s the set up, which sounds like it\u2019s perfect for my house full of teens (and one tween).<\/p>\n A young man with big dreams sets out to do the seemingly impossible in this bittersweet comedy drama. Ralph Walker (Adam Butcher) is a 14-year-old boy growing up in Hamilton, Ontario, in 1954. Ralph is convinced he\u2019s cut out to do something remarkable some day, but he hasn\u2019t quite decided what, and at the moment he has other things to worry about.<\/p>\n Ralph\u2019s father has recently died, as have his grandparents, and his mother (Shauna MacDonald) is severely ill and in the hospital, leaving the boy to fend for himself at home. Despite Ralph\u2019s tragic circumstances and his attendance at a Catholic school led by strict headmaster Father Fitzpatrick (Gordon Pinsent), the young man maintains a cheeky attitude and often gets on the wrong side of his teachers, and one remarkable display of poor behavior causes Fitzpatrick to sentence Ralph to membership on the school\u2019s cross-country team. The team\u2019s coach, Father Hibbert (Campbell Scott), discovers Ralph has real talent as a runner, and encourages the boy to train seriously.<\/p>\n When doctors inform Ralph that only a miracle can save his mother\u2019s life, he strikes upon an idea \u2014 it would be a little short of a miracle for a talented but inexperienced runner like himself to finish first in the Boston Marathon, so Ralph sets his sights on winning the race, certain in his heart that a victory could restore his mother\u2019s health. Saint Ralph also features Jennifer Tilly and Tamara Hope.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Hmmm\u2026how\u2019s the trailer look?<\/p>\n