Bitterblue (Angels in Our Midst) (NR)

synopsis

"Bitterblue" is the story about a young girl named Suzy, who befriends a boy named Tobey, who is deeply traumatized by the death of his parents, at the World Trade Center on 9/11. Outcast by most of the children in the Junior High School he attends, Tobey is a loner who has created his own world where he believes he is protected by a guardian angel. A popular athlete at school, Jim Doder, leads a double life as the undercover gang leader in a series of home invasions in the area. When Suzy rejects Doder and her relationship with Tobey continues, Doder makes life difficult for the both of them. Finally, when one of Doder's gang is arrested in a botched robbery attempt, Tobey is framed. In the dramatic and exciting climax, Tobey must prove his innocence to Suzy and the whole school by coming out of his world and confronting Jim Doder in public.