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You Don't Choose Your Family

2011 · 103 min

A breezy, silly caper that coasts on charm and slapstick chaos, easy to watch without much thought.

Directed by: Christian Clavier
Genres: Comedy, Adventure
Starring: Christian Clavier, Jean Reno, Muriel Robin

Overview: César Borgnoli, an unsuccessful car salesman from Italy, lives well beyond his means. In order to get out of his financial disaster, he agrees to a deal: he pretends to be the husband of his sister's girlfriend Kim so she can legally adopt a little girl from Thailand. Caesar believes this to be a great idea and is looking forward to his trip to Thailand. After all, he is going to be able to mix business with pleasure--so he thinks. He didn't expect the local police, the Chinese Triads and the director of the orphanage to chip in, who want to make sure that little Mai is going to end up in a nice family.

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Directed by: Christian Clavier
Genres: Comedy, Adventure
Starring: Christian Clavier, Jean Reno, Muriel Robin

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Tone: lightstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
deception
parenthood
greed
survival
Places: big city
road trip
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Humour	7
Realism	5
Romance	2
Tension	4
Darkness	3
Complexity	3
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Genres: comedy, adventure
Directed by: Christian Clavier
Written by: Christian Clavier, Michel Delgado
Starring: Christian Clavier, Jean Reno, Muriel Robin, Héléna Noguerra, Michel Vuillermoz, Hélène Patarot, Anna Gaylor, Caroline Anglade
Music: Jean-Philippe Goude, Ramon Pipin
Cinematography: Pascal Ridao
Runtime: 103 min
Country: France
Languages: French

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