Marvin & Tige (1985)

Marvin, a heavy-drinking widower meets Tige, an 11-year-old orphan. With nowhere else to go, Tige moves in with Marvin and they develop a close friendship. Marvin wants to adopt Tige but knows that he is too poor to give him a good home. Then he discovers who Tige's father is a rich suburbanite who doesn't even know Tige exists. Should Marvin, and can he, give up the boy he loves, and who loves him, in favor of a stranger with the right genes and bank balance?

Released March 8, 1985 104 min 11+

Genres: Drama

Keywords: tmdb.suicide, tmdb.adoption, tmdb.homelessness, tmdb.class, tmdb.alcoholism, tmdb.racism, imdb.loneliness + 54 more, imdb.collecting-bottles, imdb.african-american, imdb.abandoned-by-father, imdb.mother-son-relationship, imdb.father-son-relationship, imdb.older-man-boy-relationship, imdb.saving-a-life, imdb.illness, imdb.hospital, imdb.atlanta-georgia, imdb.surrogate-father-surrogate-son-relationship, imdb.interracial-family, imdb.juvenile-delinquent, imdb.love, imdb.adoption, imdb.intergenerational-friendship, imdb.11-year-old-boy, imdb.alcoholism, imdb.melodrama, imdb.paternity, imdb.shoplifting, imdb.christmas, imdb.family-relationships, imdb.interracial-relationship, imdb.written-and-produced-by-director, imdb.homelessness, imdb.illegitimacy, imdb.literacy, imdb.pneumonia, imdb.poverty, imdb.roller-skating, imdb.santa-claus, imdb.widower, imdb.prostitute, imdb.petty-thief, imdb.reference-to-a-swan, imdb.posing-as-blind-person, imdb.class-differences, imdb.roller-coaster, imdb.reading-a-fairy-tale-to-a-child, imdb.christmas-present, imdb.waking-up-from-a-coma, imdb.middle-class-family, imdb.reference-to-the-ugly-duckling, imdb.framed-jigsaw-puzzle, imdb.family-drama, imdb.social-drama, imdb.mother, imdb.boy, imdb.suicide-attempt, imdb.orphan, imdb.death-of-mother, imdb.based-on-novel, imdb.independent-film