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Bringing Up Bobby is a american film of genre Drama directed by Famke Janssen released in USA on 28 september 2012 with Milla Jovovich
Bringing Up Bobby (2011)
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Add to a movie listBringing Up Bobby is a 2011 drama film written, directed and produced by Famke Janssen (marking her first directorial effort). Milla Jovovich stars as a European ex-con artist and single mother in the United States. The film received its market premiere at the 64th Cannes Film Festival.
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Ukrainian con artist Olive (Jovovich) and her 10-year-old son Bobby (List) arrive in Oklahoma to begin a new life, and enjoy a series of adventures. However, when Olive's criminal past catches up to her, she is faced with putting her son's happiness before her own. Mary (Cross) deals with the death of her own son by becoming adoptive mother to Bobby, providing him a home with her husband Kent (Pullman).Actors
Milla Jovovich
(Olive)
Bill Pullman
(Kent)
Rory Cochrane
(Walt)
Marcia Cross
(Mary)
Spencer List
(Bobby)
Ray Prewitt
(Chuck Lee Buck)
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