In Little Miss Sunshine, Dano plays a troubled teenager named Dwayne who is trying to cope with his father's suicide. The film follows Dwayne and his family as they travel to California for a beauty pageant that his younger sister, Olive, is competing in. Along the way, they learn to deal with their own personal problems and come together as a family.
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