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The Memory Keeper's Daughter is a american film of genre Drama directed by Mick Jackson with Emily Watson
The Memory Keeper's Daughter (2004)
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Add to a movie listL'Enfant du secret (The Memory Keeper's Daughter) est un téléfilm dramatique américain réalisé par Mick Jackson, diffusé le 12 avril 2008 sur Lifetime.
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En plein hiver 1964, en compagnie d'une infirmière Caroline Gil, le docteur David Henry aide sa femme Nora à mettre leurs jumeaux au monde. D'abord c'est un garçon baptisé Paul, puis une fille Phoebe. Il constate immédiatement que sa fille est trisomique. Il décide alors de la confier à l'infirmière pour qu'elle la place dans une institution spécialisée, en lui expliquant que ce syndrome ne lui donne pas une longue espérance de vie. L'infirmière, une fois arrivée là-bas avec le bébé, voit la triste situation d'autres patients atteints de la même maladie chromosomique et, écœurée, décide d'élever elle-même l'enfant…Actors
Emily Watson
(Caroline Gil)
Dermot Mulroney
(Dr. David Henry)
Gretchen Mol
(Nora Henry)
Molly Dunsworth
(Young Woman - 18 years)
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