Aruba (film)
Aruba is a 2006 Canadian comingofage dramatic short film and the fiction debut of director Hubert Davis. It was his first major work after his Academy Awardnominated film Hardwood.
Milan A.J. Saudin is an 11yearold boy who dreams about escaping a violent home life. When his parents fight or take drugs, or when bullies pick on him in school, he finds peace in contemplating a postcard with an idyllic picture of the island of Aruba, and imagines himself in that faraway place as a way to survive.The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2006, and then screened at several festivals, including the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival, the 2006 Palm Springs International ShortFest, the 2007 Seattle International Film Festival. and the 2008 Kansas City Jubilee Film Festival. Of its screening at the Vancouver International Film Festival, Mark Harris of Straight.com called the film desperately touching. ........
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