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A Boy Called Alex

Alex blows out the candle on his birthday cake
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Never far from his tennis ball, Alex celebrates his 17th birthday. "You can do so much with a tennis ball," he says in the film. "When you're bored, when you're stuck somewhere, you can just play with it... it's the greatest thing for me."

Alex playing pianoAlex riding his bike at EtonAlex's medicationAlex rehearsing with the Head of Music at Eton, Ralph Allwood
Alex blows out the candle on his birthday cakeAlex looking pensiveAlex conducting The MagnificatAlex smiling
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