You Don't Choose Your Family
5.6
César Borgnoli, an unsuccessful car salesman from Italy, lives well beyond his means. In order to get out of his financial disaster, he agrees to a deal: he pretends to be the husband of his sister's girlfriend Kim so she can legally adopt a little girl from Thailand. Caesar believes this to be a great idea and is looking forward to his trip to Thailand. After all, he is going to be able to mix business with pleasure--so he thinks. He didn't expect the local police, the Chinese Triads and the director of the orphanage to chip in, who want to make sure that little Mai is going to end up in a nice family.
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Cast
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Christian Clavier
César
Known for
Serial (Bad) Weddings
Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
Jean Reno
Luix
Known for
Léon: The Professional
The Da Vinci Code
Muriel Robin
Kim
Known for
The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time
Hollywoo
Michel Delgado
Jean-Paul De Vidas
Héléna Noguerra
Alex
Known for
Heartbreaker
Junior
François Kraus
Also in
Polisse
Crac Crac Club, Fête l'amour
Michel Vuillermoz
Jean-Paul
Known for
My Life as a Zucchini
UFOs
Denis Pineau-Valencienne
Hélène Patarot
Mère supérieure
Known for
The OA
The Lover
Serge Thimbre
Anna Gaylor
La mère de César
Known for
Just a Breath Away
A Room in Town
Christian Clavier Director · Michel Delgado Screenplay Ramon Pipin Composer
Worldwide gross $2.4M · First release November 9, 2011 · Produced in France
Box office
Worldwide gross
$2,419,473
Production
Les Films du Kiosque
Production
Ouille Productions
Production
Studio 37
Production
Aurel Films
Production
TF1 Films Production
Production
TF1
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StudioCanal
Production
Angoa-Agicoa
Production
Ciné+
Production
PROCIREP
Production
France
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Original title
On ne choisit pas sa famille
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
Belgium · November 9, 2011
France · November 9, 2011
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
France
March 13, 2012 · Physical · DVD & Blu-Ray
April 9, 2014 · Digital · VOD
January 3, 2022 · Digital · Prime Video
Germany
January 13, 2013 · Theatrical
Russia
June 7, 2012 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
June 7, 2012
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