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70% Critic Match
Foster Child
“Love and life are not equal.”
7.0 / 10• 2007• 1h 38m•NR• Filipino
Drama
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Cherry Pie Picache
Thelma
LeadKS
Kier Segundo
John-John
Eugene Domingo
Bianca
Jiro Manio
Yuri
Alwyn Uytingco
Gerald
Dan Alvaro
Dado
Jake Macapagal
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Kristoffer King
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What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Brillante Ma Mendoza's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Foster Child is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
