Finding a Family

Drama, Family, TV Movie

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Mark Jean

Status Released

Release Date 2011-10-15

Storyline

Bright Alex grows up in Michigan proud of his mother, Romanian immigrant Ileana, who became a professor, vowing to make her dream come true by graduating from Harvard. But when mother becomes manic-depressive and repeatedly dumps her medication, Alex each time lands in foster care. At age 16, he gets legal emancipation and vows to take charge of their lives himself