German title: Probezeit Original title: Second Best
Youth drama – United Kingdom, USA Production year: 1993 Movie length: 105 minutes
Director: Chris Menges Writer: David Cook Cinematograph: Ashley Rowe Music: Simon Boswell
Movie description:
Graham Holt is a lonely middle-aged man who runs a postal substation in a small village in England. He decides to adopt a son. James is the troubled youth he gets with the assistance of social worker Debbie. James has been in an orphanage for years since his mother committed suicide. He adores his outlaw father John, sent to prison not long after the mother’s death. Can James learn to love Graham? Can Graham settle for being second best?