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* SadisticChoice: Towards the end of the film, Theresa has the choice to either [[spoiler: give up Hillary to the social workers or continue to let her live in poverty and risk her contracting a serious illness again. She ends up choosing the former]].
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* SadisticChoice: Towards the end of the film, Theresa has the choice to either [[spoiler: give up Hillary to the social workers or continue to let her live in poverty and risk her contracting a serious illness again. She ends up choosing the former]].
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* CrankyLandlord: The landlord doesn't seem to care that his housing poses a health risk, and even evicts Theresa when she complains to the health department over the rat infestation.
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* HorribleHousing: PlayedForDrama; every shelter that Theresa finds is very dirty and in poor condition. One in particular is infested with rats, which Theresa ends up getting evicted from after complaining to the health department. Eventually {{deconstructed}} when Hillary [[spoiler: contracts lead poisoning from one of the shelters]].
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* BittersweetEnding: At the end of the film, [[spoiler: Hillary is given a chance to have a better life, but Theresa must abandon her. The film ends with Hillary being dragged off by social workers as she cries for her mother]]. Could be possibly seen as a DownerEnding, since [[spoiler: we don't know exactly how Hillary's life will turn out due to the ambiguity of the ending, and because of the possibility of her facing trauma from being separated by her mother. There's also the fact that Theresa is still left homeless, only now without her daughter]].
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* BittersweetEnding: At the end of the film, [[spoiler: Hillary is given a chance to have a better life, but Theresa must abandon her. The film ends with Hillary being dragged off by social workers as she cries for her mother]]. Could be possibly seen as a DownerEnding, since [[spoiler: we don't know exactly how Hillary's life will turn out due to the ambiguity of the ending, and because of the possibility of her facing trauma from being separated by from her mother. There's also the fact that Theresa is still left homeless, only now without her daughter]].
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* SadisticChoice: Towards the end of the film, Theresa is given has the choice to either [[spoiler: give up Hillary to the social workers or continue to let her live in poverty and risk her contracting a serious illness again. She ends up choosing the former]].
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* ItsAlwaysMardiGrasInNewOrleans: Hillary meets a friendly African-American man who talks to her about his trip to New Orleans where he watched a Mardi Gras parade, even giving Hillary one of his Mardi Gras beads.
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* ItsAlwaysMardiGrasInNewOrleans: Hillary meets a friendly African-American man outreach worker who talks to her about his trip to New Orleans where he watched got back from watching a Mardi Gras parade, parade in New Orleans, even giving Hillary one of his Mardi Gras beads.
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''God Bless the Child'' is a 1988 drama film directed by Lary Elikann. It tells the story of a single mother named Theresa Johnson and her daughter, Hillary, as they face the struggles of being homeless and forcing to jump between shelters.
!!The film contains examples of:
* AngerBornOfWorry: Theresa has this reaction towards Hillary after she walks off to watch TV in a homeless shelter, prompting a man to start stroking her hair.
* AmbiguousEnding: [[spoiler: Hillary is dragged off by social workers in the end so she can have a better life, although what will become of her in the future is left up to interpretation]].
* BittersweetEnding: At the end of the film, [[spoiler: Hillary is given a chance to have a better life, but Theresa must abandon her. The film ends with Hillary being dragged off by social workers as she cries for her mother]]. Could be possibly seen as a DownerEnding, since [[spoiler: we don't know exactly how Hillary's life will turn out due to the ambiguity of the ending, and because of the possibility of her facing trauma from being separated by her mother. There's also the fact that Theresa is still left homeless, only now without her daughter]].
* DisappearedDad: We don't see Hillary's father at all. It is established in the movie that [[ParentalAbandonment he left the family]] shortly after Hillary was born.
* NoEnding: The film unfortunately does not have a resolution, [[spoiler: simply ending with Hillary being dragged away by social workers, leaving her future ambiguous, and Theresa still being left homeless]].
* ParentalAbandonment:
** Hillary's father abandoned her when she was a baby.
** [[spoiler: Theresa is forced to abandon Hillary so the latter can have a chance of a better life]].
* SadisticChoice: Towards the end of the film, Theresa is given the choice to either [[spoiler: give up Hillary to the social workers or continue to let her live in poverty and risk her contracting a serious illness again. She ends up choosing the former]].
!!The film contains examples of:
* AngerBornOfWorry: Theresa has this reaction towards Hillary after she walks off to watch TV in a homeless shelter, prompting a man to start stroking her hair.
* AmbiguousEnding: [[spoiler: Hillary is dragged off by social workers in the end so she can have a better life, although what will become of her in the future is left up to interpretation]].
* BittersweetEnding: At the end of the film, [[spoiler: Hillary is given a chance to have a better life, but Theresa must abandon her. The film ends with Hillary being dragged off by social workers as she cries for her mother]]. Could be possibly seen as a DownerEnding, since [[spoiler: we don't know exactly how Hillary's life will turn out due to the ambiguity of the ending, and because of the possibility of her facing trauma from being separated by her mother. There's also the fact that Theresa is still left homeless, only now without her daughter]].
* DisappearedDad: We don't see Hillary's father at all. It is established in the movie that [[ParentalAbandonment he left the family]] shortly after Hillary was born.
* NoEnding: The film unfortunately does not have a resolution, [[spoiler: simply ending with Hillary being dragged away by social workers, leaving her future ambiguous, and Theresa still being left homeless]].
* ParentalAbandonment:
** Hillary's father abandoned her when she was a baby.
** [[spoiler: Theresa is forced to abandon Hillary so the latter can have a chance of a better life]].
* SadisticChoice: Towards the end of the film, Theresa is given the choice to either [[spoiler: give up Hillary to the social workers or continue to let her live in poverty and risk her contracting a serious illness again. She ends up choosing the former]].
