Northeast (2005)
An accidental meeting between a French woman who goes to South America to adopt a baby and an Argentinian woman who with her small son leaves their hopeless village in search for a better life changes both of their lives forever.
Top billed cast
Carole BouquetHélène
Aymará RoveraJuana
Mercedes SampietroSor Beatriz
Jorge RománAlberto
Ignacio JiménezMartín
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