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One Person Can Change Your Life Forever

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A young woman, working as a waitress for a demanding boss, finds out that she's pregnant. The father is no longer in her life. To make matters worse, she gets to work late, and is fired. The owner's brother, a chef, takes pity on her, and decides to spend the day with her, just to make sure she's okay. As the day progresses we get to know them as they get to know each other, and they help each other deal with the baggage in their lives. The film won the People's Choice award at the Toronto Film Festival.

92 minutes, Parental Guidance
Drama, On the art circuit

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Credits
Cast	Eduardo Verástegui, Tammy Blanchard, Manny Perez, Ali Landry, Angélica Aragón, Jaime Tirelli, Ramon Rodriguez
Director	Alejandro Gomez Monteverde
Screenplay	Alejandro Gomez Monteverde, Patrick Million, Leo Severino
Music	Stephan Altman
Cinematography	Andrew Cadelago
Editing	Joseph Gutowski, Fernando Villena
Sound formats	Dolby Digital
Soundtrack	Not available
Made in	2006
Produced by	Metanoia Films, Bella Production, Mpower Pictures, The One Media
SA Distributor	Ster-Kinekor

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FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Drama
Language	None
Nudity	None
Sex	Mild references
Violence	None
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy
Drug abuse
Comments	Poignant, ultimately positive drama with some themes that might need parental guidance and assurance for younger viewers.
These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines.

ScreenIt Report (USA)
Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross	Guns / Weapons	Profanity

Alcohol / Drugs	Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour	Frightening / Tense Scenes

Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes	Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
South African Media
Cape Argus/The StarDiane de Beer	5
Die BurgerMariana Malan	10
Cape TimesTasha Robinson	5
iAfrica.comRebekah Kendal	10
24.comNatalie Sineke	15
International Media
Chicago Sunday TimesRoger Ebert	15
eye Weekly (Canada)Jason Anderson	5
ScreenIt (USA)	12
Metacritic.com18 critics	9
RottenTomatoes.com57 critics	11
RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer	9
Internet (IMDB)3893 Netizens	15

Average .. 50%	10

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