When 21-year-old Leo, the oldest of four brothers, announces to his rural French family that he's HIV+ family bonds are tested. The family decides that 11-year-old Marcel, the youngest, is ...
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Yaniss Lespert | ... | Marcel |
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Pierre Mignard | ... | Léo |
| Marie Bunel | ... | Mother | |
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Rodolphe Pauly | ... | Tristan |
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Jérémie Lippmann | ... | Pierrot |
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Dominic Gould | ... | Father |
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Louis Gonzales | ... | Yvan |
| Joana Preiss | ... | Yvan's Mother | |
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Alex Beaupain | ... | (as Alexandre Beaupain) |
| Assaad Bouab | ... | Aymeric | |
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Sylvie Contant | ||
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Louis Gonzalez | ||
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Julien Honoré | ||
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Laurent Honoré | ||
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Anna Kerivel | ||
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When 21-year-old Leo, the oldest of four brothers, announces to his rural French family that he's HIV+ family bonds are tested. The family decides that 11-year-old Marcel, the youngest, is too young to understand, and the family agrees to keep the unsettling news from him. Marcel overhears enough to understand that something amiss with Leo and when the two travel to Paris together, Marcel confronts Leo with what he suspects. Written by Havan_IronOak@Bigfoot.com
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18 October 2003 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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I loved this movie. First, because it is a family movie. Second, because it offers a refreshing take on dealing with the news of HIV in a family, with far less hysteria than what I have normally seen in the movies. The brothers are very close, yet are not judgmental. Their desire to protect the youngest brother is noble, but not needed in the end. I understand that Leo's choice on how to deal with his treatment may not have been the most popular one with people, but I believed it was the right choice for him. I can't believe that this was a french television programme. It had great production values. I gave this movie a ten, and I think you will too, once you have seen it.