Rusty Dennis (Cher) is the mother of Rocky (Eric Stoltz), a seriously deformed, but extremely intelligent and emotionally warm teenager. Rusty is a no-nonsense mother whose wild lifestyle is often at odds with her tenderness and protectiveness towards Rocky. She is determined that Rocky be given the same chances and happiness that everyone else takes for granted.
f rated, father daughter estrangement, drug addict, disfigured face, summer camp, death, california, blindness, teenage boy, disfigurement, dignity, compassion, mother son relationship, balisong, based on true story, young love, dying young, teenager, biker, deformity
Directed with great sensitivity by Peter Bogdanovich, Cher portrays Rusty with an almost sweet vulnerability.
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