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Malabar Princess (2004)

Malabar Princess poster
Directed by
Gilles Legrand
Genre
drama film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 34m
Rated
AL
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 97 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young boy named Tom goes to live with his grandfather in the French Alps after his mother vanishes on a hike. He befriends a local boy and together they search for her, discovering an old plane wreck from the 1950s.

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What happens

Malabar Princess is a 2004 French film directed by Gilles Legrand. The film is about a young boy called Tom, who is sent to live with his grandfather in the French Alps after his mother disappeared during an excursion with her husband, Pierre, in the French Alps. He becomes friends with Benoît, a boy about his age. While searching for Tom's mother they come across the remains of a plane that had crashed during the 1950s. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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