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What Makes a Family

20012h 0m6.3/ 10 · TMDB · 23 votes
DramaTV Movie

Janine and Sandy are a lesbian couple who decide to have a baby, but after a few years Sandy dies. This tragedy is exploited by Sandy's parents to snatch the girl from Janine's care. But then, and despite having the laws against her, Janine decides to fight in order to regain custody of her daughter.

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Directed by Maggie Greenwald

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Ansh Kapoor

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The people behind the story

Brooke Shields
Brooke Shields

Janine Nielssen

Cherry Jones
Cherry Jones

Sandy Cataldi

Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg

Terry Harrison

Anne Meara
Anne Meara

Evelyn Cataldi

Al Waxman
Al Waxman

Frank Cataldi

Jordy Benattar
Jordy Benattar

Heather Cataldi

Melanie Nicholls-King
Melanie Nicholls-King

Nora

Stewart Arnott
Stewart Arnott

Peter

Jo Vannicola
Jo Vannicola

Melissa

Roberta Maxwell
Roberta Maxwell

Claire

Dean McDermott

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Film details

Released22 Jan 2001
Original languageEnglish
CountriesCanada, United States of America
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Dean McDermott

O'Brien

Sean McCann
Sean McCann

Judge Black