Patrik, Age 1.5 (2008)
No family could be happier!
ジャンル : ドラマ, コメディ
上映時間 : 1時間 43分
演出 : Ella Lemhagen
シノプシス
Göran and Sven have been cleared for adoption and they have a possibility to adopt a swedish orphan, Patrik 1,5. But when Patrik arrives he turns out to be someone else, not the little boy they were expecting. A comma had been misplaced, and in comes a 15-year-old homophobic with a criminal past.
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