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You Don't Choose Your Family is a french film of genre Comedy directed by Christian Clavier released in france in DVD on 13 march 2012 with Christian Clavier
You Don't Choose Your Family (2011)
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Add to a movie listRelease in DVD in france 13 march 2012
Length 1h43
Directed by Christian Clavier
OriginFrance
Themes Films about adoption, Films about children, Films about families, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, Homoparentalité, LGBT-related film
Rating56%
On ne choisit pas sa famille est un film français réalisé par Christian Clavier, sorti en 2011.
Christian Clavier a écrit, produit et réalisé cette comédie, qui est d'ailleurs sa première réalisation.
Synopsis
César Borgnoli, un concessionnaire de voitures italiennes vivant largement au-dessus de ses moyens, est au bord de la ruine. Sa sœur Alex, qui vit en couple avec sa compagne Kim, lui propose de sauver le garage familial en lui mettant un marché en mains.Actors
Christian Clavier
(César)
Jean Reno
(Luix)
Muriel Robin
(Kim)
Helena Noguerra
(Alex)
Michel Vuillermoz
(Jean-Paul)
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