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You can watch The Golden Child (1986) for free on Kanopy, rent on Apple TV+, or buy on Apple TV+.

After a Tibetan boy, the mystical Golden Child, is kidnapped by the evil Sardo Numspa, humankind's fate hangs in the balance. On the other side of the world in Los Angeles, the priestess Kee Nang seeks the Chosen One, who will save the boy from death. When Nang sees social worker Chandler Jarrell on television discussing his ability to find missing children, she solicits his expertise, despite his skepticism over being "chosen."

The Golden Child is a film that explores themes of buddhism, ritual, social worker. It also touches on monk and anti hero and mystic.

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