Foster Child
Love and life are not equal.
2007 · 1h 38m · N/A
Drama
Directed by
Brillante Ma Mendoza
Overview
Thelma, together with her husband Dado and teenage sons Gerald and Yuri, are a poor urban family hired by a local foster care facility to provide temporary home and care to abandoned babies pending the latter's formal adoption.
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