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Boy Missing
Why this pick
Matches the parental-abduction premise with a fiercely proactive mother, bureaucratic frustration, and a tense, emotionally direct thriller pace.
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MOVIE2017 1h 36m FRA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
It's been four years since Sylvie's son Felipe was abducted by his father Pablo after their divorce. Having been let down by the French officials who had succeeded in tracking both them down, only to let them escape again, Sylvie has now decided to take matters into her own hands.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Isabelle Carré
Sylvie Louvel
Ramzy Bedia
Mehdi Ayadi
María Dupláa
Maria Vilas