It Gets Better
2018 · 20m · Drama
Through an incident at school, the single mother Anne (Ursula Strauss) finds out that her son Ben (Marlon Heidel) has become a victim of cyberbullying. While she tries to fight for her son's rights, the unbelievable happens.
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