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Heartbreaker
A young mother resorts to extreme measures as child protection services increase restrictions on her visitation time with her baby girl.
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A young mother resorts to extreme measures as child protection services increase restrictions on her visitation time with her baby girl. Inspired by the filmmaker's experience working at Children's Aid in Toronto, Heartbreaker captures the messy, heartbreaking nature of the relationship between child protective services and the families in the system.
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