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When Pete and Ellie choose to start a family, they stumble headfirst into the world of foster care adoption. After they learn their perfect foster child comes with two other siblings, Pete and Ellie find themselves speeding from zero to three kids overnight and must hilariously learn the ropes of instant parenthood if they hope to become a real family.
2) Silent night
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Follows a group of old friends who, in true British fashion and while the rest of the world faces impending doom, reunite to celebrate Christmas in the comfort of an idyllic country home. Burdened with the inconvenience of mankind's imminent destruction, they adopt a stiff upper lip, crack open another bottle of prosecco and continue with their festivities. But no amount of stoicism can replace the courage needed for their last night on Earth.
3) Broker
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Korean
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Two brokers who sell orphaned infants, circumvent the bureaucracy of legal adoption. After an infant's mother surprises the duo by returning to ensure her child finds a good home, the three embark on a journey to find the right couple.
4) True mothers
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日本語
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After a long and unsuccessful struggle to get pregnant, Satoko and her husband decide to adopt a child. Over the next six years, the middle-class couple and their young son Asato settle into a comfortable, albeit routine, life. The family's orderly existence is shattered by the arrival of Hikari, a young woman claiming to be Asato's biological mother, demanding his return. As tensions mount, Satoko grows more and more emboldened to defend her family....
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"Shocking news hits after young architect Dawson loses his best friend London. In his heartbreak, Dawson is compelled to launch an impossible search for London's secret sister, twins separated as embryos. But along the way, Dawson never planned to fall in love"--Container.
6) Max
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Military dog Max returns from service in Afghanistan, traumatized by his handler's death. He's adopted by the man's family and helps the grieving family heal.
7) The bigamist
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English
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An amazingly sympathetic portrait of a figure historically given very short shrift: the title character is not only a two-timer—he’s a traveling salesman as well. But, as embodied by that perpetually pressured everyman of the 1950s, Edmond O’Brien, the bigamist comes across as a victim of his own sensitivity. Caught between two complementary spouses, O’Brien’s dazed indecisiveness dominates the narrative. As always in Ida Lupino’s directorial...
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Three women's lives share a common core. They have all been profoundly affected by adoption. At age fourteen, Karen placed a baby for adoption, and has been haunted ever since by the daughter she never knew. Elizabeth grew up as an adopted child. Even though she is a bright and ambitious lawyer, she is a flinty loner in her personal life. Lucy and her husband are just embarking on the adoption odyssey, hoping for the opportunity to become parents....
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"Inspired by the powerful true story, "Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot" follows Donna and Reverend Martin as they ignite a fire in the hearts of their rural church to embrace kids in the foster system that nobody else would take. By doing the impossible--adopting 77 children--this East Texas community proved that with real, determined love, the battle for America's most vulnerable can be won."-- from container.
10) In safe hands
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Français
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When baby Theo's birth mother surrenders him for adoption, child protection services worker, Karine is called into action. She entrusts Theo to Jean, no stranger to the foster care system, who agrees to care for the newborn until a suitable home can be found. Meanwhile, Alice has never given up on her dream to be a mother, and now it could come true. Jeanne Herry goes deep into the world of French human services, where the fate of one baby exposes...
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Français
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Henri is a middle-aged writer with fading inspiration. Feeling increasingly misunderstood by his family, he dreams of running away to start over again. Yet when he discovers a bad-mannered dog in his garden, he decides to adopt him, starting an unexpected friendship that inevitably upsets Henri's family and neighbors. The bittersweet and moving comedy about love standing the test of time.
13) Adoption
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Hungarian
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Through intimate camera work, the film immerses the viewer in the worlds of two women, each searching for fulfillment: Kata, a middle-aged factory worker who wants to have a child with her married lover, and Anna, a teenage ward of the state determined to emancipate herself to marry her boyfriend. The bond that forms between the two speaks quietly but powerfully to the social and political forces that shape women₂s lives, as each navigates the realities...
14) Secrets & lies
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Criterion collection volume 1070
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English
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"When Hortense, a Black optometrist who was adopted as a child, begins the search for her birth mother, she doesn't expect that it will lead her to Cynthia, a lonely white factory worker whose tentative embrace of her long-lost daughter sends shock waves through the rest of her already fragile family"--Container.
15) Penny serenade
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English
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A married couple face an unexpected tragedy of their adopted child's death.
17) Secrets & lies
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English
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A young black woman searches for her birth parents and finds that her mother is white.
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English
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"Refusing to name his new son until he meets his birth partents, Mel Coplin sets out on a cross-country journey, quickly encountering a hilarious series of clerical errors, mistaken identities, misplaced friends, and supercharged libidos in this outrageous dark comedy." --Container.
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Français
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On a distant planet, tiny humanoid creatures called Oms live in fear of the Draags. Draags are blue-skinned, red-eyed creatures standing over 40 feet tall. When a Draag child casually kills a human mother with a flick of her finger, she makes amends by adopting the dead woman's child as a pet. However, the new pet quickly figures out the secret of Draag brainpower and escapes to share his knowledge with a band of humans. Together, the humans make...
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Portland interior designer Julia Galvins adopts a dog and seeks the help of expert and handsome dog trainer Owen Michaels. When she is hired to design a nursery and a 'puppery,' as well as plan a puppy shower fund-raiser for a pregnant client and her pregnant dog, Julia asks Owen's advice, and their friendship just might turn into something more.
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