Hallmark tv movie
Hi all! I hope you can help me on this one.
I saw this when i was around 10. Important details:
. I saw this in the Hallmark Channel, so may be their production
. It's a late 90's or 2000 movie, situated in 40's maybe
. The protagonist is a kid around 10 yo, caucasian, he used an jean overall from times
. It was set in a rural town/ small village
. He had a violent father who was abusive towards the mother too
. He had a mentally divergent friend, in her 40's, that acted like a child. I recall her name Seola but might be wrong
. The movie had a slightly sad vibe, although not depressing or dark. The kid adventures were overall happy
Scenes that I'm sure are in the movie:
. The kid challenged a friend to see who could chew more chewing gum (i think outside a chapel)
. The kid had a bath in gas/querosene because of lice (may be proposed by Seola)
I think the most important: almost at the end of the movie the father of the kid gets violent, he is outside their home, and the kid goes out with a rifle, and shoots him but DOESN'T KILL HIM, just wounds him, i think in his hand. After that the father calmed his violence and it was told to people that he had an accident cleaning the rifle.
That's all i remember.
It is NOT: A painted house (too heart warming and Ingalls), Wildflower (filming very colorful) , ellen Foster (girl protagonist)
Thank you in advance!