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The Pretender

"How does a worldly high school guy start dating an unsuspecting Christian girl? He becomes...the pretender."

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1987 · 38m
Drama, Family
Starring Crystal Robbins · Donnie Keshawarz · Jack McHaney
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A skirt-chasing teenager pretends to adopt the practices of Christianity to impress a girl... only to find himself slowly genuinely becoming one of them.

Theatrical
Jan 1, 1987
Director
Dave Christiano
Producers
Rich Christiano, Dave Christiano
Studio
Christiano Brothers Films
Keywords
propaganda religious conversion coming of age evangelical christianity pretend relationship low budget
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Crystal Robbins
Dana
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Donnie Keshawarz
Nick
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Jack McHaney
Richard

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