Mary's Sons

After the death of her husband and teenage son, a woman puts an ad in a newspaper for a surrogate child.

Cast

Carole Laure

as Marie

Jean-Marc Barr

as Paul

Félix Lajeunesse-Guy

as Martin

Danny Gilmore

as Alex

Daniel Desjardins

as Victor

Delphine Brodeur

as Chloé

Denis Houle

as Roger

Micheline Poitras

as Gisèle

Yvon Roy

as Père de Martin

Marie Turgeon

as Femme de Paul

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