...a story about a mentally handicapped father and his efforts to retain
custody of his daughter.
Sam Dawson has the mental capacity of a 7-year-old. He works at a
Starbucks and is obsessed with the Beatles. He has a daughter with
a homeless woman; she abandons them as soon as they leave the
hospital. He names his daughter Lucy Diamond (after the Beatles
song), and raises her. But as she reaches age 7 herself, Sam's
limitations start to become a problem at school; she's intentionally
holding back to avoid looking smarter than him. The authorities take
her away, and Sam shames high-priced lawyer Rita Harrison into
taking his case pro bono. In the process, he teaches her a great deal
about love, and whether it's really all you need.
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