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We Don't Choose Our Parents (2008)

We Don't Choose Our Parents poster
Original title
On choisit pas ses parents
Directed by
Thierry Binisti
Genre
drama, tv movie
Country
France
Runtime
1h 37m
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Three siblings try to stay together after their parents die. They find help from an unexpected source.

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What happens

On choisit pas ses parents est un téléfilm français réalisé par Thierry Binisti, diffusé en 2008, et qui remporte le prix France télévisions la même année. Il s'agit de l'adaptation du roman jeunesse Oh, Boy ! de Marie-Aude Murail, publié en 2000. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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