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What Makes a Family is a american film of genre Drama directed by Maggie Greenwald released in USA on 22 january 2001 with Brooke Shields
What Makes a Family (2001)
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Add to a movie listLes Liens du cœur (What Makes a Family) est un téléfilm américain réalisé par Maggie Greenwald et diffusé en 2001.
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En Floride, Sandy Cataldi vit en couple avec Janine Nielssen. Très amoureuses l'une de l'autre, Sandy et Janine décident de se marier. Rapidement, elles désirent avoir un enfant et ont recours à l'insémination artificielle. Si la famille de Sandy est enthousiaste à cette idée, celle de Janine, qui n'a toujours pas accepté son homosexualité, réagit violemment et la rejette.Actors
Brooke Shields
(Janine Nielssen)
Cherry Jones
(Sandy Cataldi)
Whoopi Goldberg
(Terry Harrison)
Anne Meara
(Evelyn Cataldi)
Al Waxman
(Frank Cataldi)
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