Finding a Family (2011)

6.5/10 • 88 min • Drama Family TV Movie

Overview

Bright Alex grows up in Michigan proud of his mother, Romanian immigrant Ileana, who became a professor, vowing to make her dream come true by graduating from Harvard. But when mother becomes manic-depressive and repeatedly dumps her medication, Alex each time lands in foster care. At age 16, he gets legal emancipation and vows to take charge of their lives himself

Cast

Kim Delaney

Sarah-Jane Redmond

Paul McGillion

Jared Abrahamson

MacKenzie Porter

Genevieve Buechner

Dee Jay Jackson

Raf Rogers

Miles Chalmers

Patricia Harras

Ben Cotton

Jennifer Copping

Roger Haskett

Daryl Shuttleworth

Lt. Richard Franks

Chilton Crane

Eileen Pedde

Principal Thomas

P. Lynn Johnson

John Shaw

Kathryn Kirkpatrick

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