Losing Isaiah (1995)

102 min · Drama, drama film

Popularity4.5/5

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Directors

Stephen Gyllenhaal

Cast

Jessica Lange, Halle Berry, David Strathairn, Cuba Gooding Jr., Daisy Eagan, Marc John Jefferies, Samuel L. Jackson, Joie Lee

The story

Khaila Richards (Halle Berry) is an African-American woman struggling with an addiction to crack cocaine. Desperate for drugs, she places her infant son, Isaiah, in a box and leaves him in an alley behind a crack house. Khaila promises to come back for Isaiah but later passes out from a crack cocaine binge.

Catalogue themes and tags

1990s, Absent Mother, Court, Drug Scene, Drug Withdrawal, Drugs, Loss of Mother, Maternal Feelings, Maternal Role, Mother, Motherly Love, Singles, Step Mother, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Family Drama, Drama, Courtroom Drama

Genres

Drama, drama film

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