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Foster Child is a Philippin film of genre Drama directed by Brillante Mendoza released in USA on 9 december 2007 with Cherry Pie Picache
Foster Child (2007)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 9 december 2007
Length 1h38
Directed by Brillante Mendoza
OriginPhilippines
Genres Drama
Rating70%
Foster Child is an independent film from Seiko Films, which stars Cherry Pie Picache as a temporary foster parent to an abandoned child. The film is directed by Brillante Mendoza.
Foster Child is Brillante Mendoza's fourth feature film, following Manoro (2006). Mendoza is the fourth Filipino director whose work was screened in the Directors' Fortnight of Cannes film fest.
Synopsis
Thelma (Cherry Pie Picache), together with her husband Dado (Dan Alvaro) and teenage sons Gerald (Alwyn Uytingco) and Yuri (Jiro Manio), are an urban poor family hired by a local foster care facility to provide temporary home and care to abandoned babies pending the latter's formal adoption. The inevitable separation is heart-rending for the foster family.Actors
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