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My Sister's Keeper (2009)
7.3
PG-13
Genre: Drama
Release Date: June. 26,2009
Duration: 109min
Country: US
Original Language: en
Director: Nick Cassavetes
Plot: To keep Kate, who was suffering from blood cancer, alive, her parents used genetic technology to have a little daughter, Anna, who was a perfect match with Kate's genes. For 11 years, whenever Kate needed it, she had to provide Kate with umbilical cord blood, white blood cells, and bone marrow. However, Kate's condition was getting worse and worse, and her kidney failure required Anna, who was only 11 years old, to donate one of her kidneys. This time, Anna refuses and finds lawyer Campbell to sue her mother in court. She wanted to defend her body. In court, her brother Jesse revealed another truth.
Cast: Cameron Diaz, Abigail Breslin, Sofia Vassilieva, Alec Baldwin, Jason Patric
Keywords: parents kids relationship, sibling relationship, cancer, court case, in-vitro-fertilisation, gerichtsmedizinerin, chemotherapy, kidney transplant
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7.8
R
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The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
7.3
R
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Country: US
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7.3
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7.5
R
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