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Because of Winn-Dixie (2005)

Because of Winn-Dixie (2005)

PG 106 minutes EN Family , Comedy , Drama
Discover what happens when you go looking for a miracle and a miracle comes looking for you.
A girl, abandoned by her mother when she was three, moves to a small town in Florida with her father. There, she adopts an orphaned dog she names Winn-Dixie. The bond between the girl and her special companion brings together the people in a small Florida town and heals her own troubled relationship with her father.
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