Board and Care

  • Romance
  • Drama
4/1/1980
27
NR

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Board and Care is a 1979 American short film directed by Ron Ellis and starring Richard Goss and Laura Jean Ellis. It won an Oscar at the 52nd Academy Awards in 1980 for Best Short Subject.

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      • Geronimo1967

        Ricky (Richard Goss) works with his dad Briggs (Sunshine Parker) whilst Lila (Laura Jean Ellis) lives in a care home. Both of these teenagers have Downs Syndrome and when they meet at a town fair, they take a shine to each other. Social worker Carolyn (Luanda Anders) is sympathetic when Lila announces that she wants to abandon her plans to go to college, and instead stay here with her new beau - but ultimately controls all the information that the girl needs, and the real question is - does the facility really want the hassle of a loved-up couple? The two performances are engaging enough here, but I couldnt quite decide if the point was to show that folks with DS ought to be treated just like ordinary citizens and left to make their own dec...

        December 6, 2025

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