His father,Charles, kidnaps him to California, where he eventually sets him on fire and leaves him for dead.

  Bernadette Peters 

stars in 

DAVID 

The True Story of David Rothenberg a six-year-old boy caught in the middle of his two feuding parents. His father,Charles, kidnaps him to California, where he eventually sets him on fire and leaves him for dead, as a means of revenge against Marie, David's mother.

 (Young David receives third-degree burns over 90% of his body).

This movie chronicles David's struggle to recover and the obstacles he faces along the way.

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