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Pour le coeur d'un enfant

Original title: For the Love of a Child
  • TV Movie
  • 2006
  • TV-14
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
456
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Pour le coeur d'un enfant (2006)
Drama

In the 1950s, two actresses set up a charity home for "orphans"--actually, children who were purposely abandoned and shunned because of their mixed ethnicity. The children find themselves be... Read allIn the 1950s, two actresses set up a charity home for "orphans"--actually, children who were purposely abandoned and shunned because of their mixed ethnicity. The children find themselves being loved and looked after properly.In the 1950s, two actresses set up a charity home for "orphans"--actually, children who were purposely abandoned and shunned because of their mixed ethnicity. The children find themselves being loved and looked after properly.

  • Director
    • Douglas Barr
  • Writers
    • Duane Poole
    • Sara O'Meara
    • Yvonne Lime
  • Stars
    • Peri Gilpin
    • Teri Polo
    • Maria del Mar
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.1/10
    456
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Douglas Barr
    • Writers
      • Duane Poole
      • Sara O'Meara
      • Yvonne Lime
    • Stars
      • Peri Gilpin
      • Teri Polo
      • Maria del Mar
    • 8User reviews
    • 1Critic review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins total

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    Peri Gilpin
    Peri Gilpin
    • Sara
    Teri Polo
    Teri Polo
    • Yvonne
    Maria del Mar
    Maria del Mar
    • Annie
    John Pyper-Ferguson
    John Pyper-Ferguson
    • Richard
    Matthew Knight
    Matthew Knight
    • Jacob Fletcher
    Emily Hirst
    Emily Hirst
    • Laura
    Jake D. Smith
    Jake D. Smith
    • Michael
    • (as Jake Smith)
    David McNally
    David McNally
    • Bart Fletcher
    Marty Antonini
    Marty Antonini
    • Detective Carter
    Rod Heatherington
    • Patrol Officer
    Lori Ravensborg
    Lori Ravensborg
    • Mrs. Wade
    Diana Frechette
    • Counselor
    Eden Sollereder
    • Julia
    Patricia Darbasie
    • Dr. Ryan
    Mieko Ouchi
    • Mama Ji
    Brendan Meyer
    Brendan Meyer
    • David
    Tom Lim
    Tom Lim
    • Doctor on Plane
    • (as a different name)
    Carrie Schiffler
    • Mrs. Fletcher
    • Director
      • Douglas Barr
    • Writers
      • Duane Poole
      • Sara O'Meara
      • Yvonne Lime
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    User reviews8

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    5p-stepien

    Moving, yet bland

    Nothing really to get excited about in this movie. The movie retells the true story of Childhelp International and the two women who founded it. Jumping from the past to the present we are shown how the foundation came to be and how it flourished since then.

    The origins aren't really too heartwarming and you can't help to think that it lacked real heart to it. Maybe a different form of presenting the motivations of the women who created Chlidhelp International would be in order.

    The main segment of the film however can at times pack a wallop. It shows abused children, that are taken in by Childhelp, with various horror stories behind all of them. The organisation gives them a chance to find peace and in the future maybe hope for a better living. It's shocking in as much as all of it seems to be based on real life stories. The storytelling however is lacking and weak with the acting below par.

    Nothing really to get excited about, but it is a decent watch and definitely not a waste of time.
    9jellystickfoxx

    I thought the movie was really good.

    I saw this movie and thought that it was very good, but really sad,I also thought that the kids who acted in the movie were really good, and that that was a nice thing that those ladies did for the abused kids and the orphans. I also think that what the parents did to their kids was awful like the mom who burned her and the father who hit his son and yelled at him and said mean things to him. I wouldn't ever do that to my kids or let my husband or any other person do that them because that is awful and those parents in the movie were mean to them when they did that. I would watch that movie again because it is good and really informational.
    8dy158

    The love of children.

    Based on the book written by Sara O'Meara and Yvonne Fedderson ('Silence Broken'), this TV movie chronicles how both Sara and Yvonne went all the way to help kids who had been neglected.

    The TV movie began with a young boy Jacob who tried to hide away from his abusive father as he tried to call the help centre. Though Jacob's father eventually found out where his son was, the help centre eventually managed to trace where the call was from. It was later known that the centre was managed by both Sara and Yvonne.

    After Jacob was being brought to the centre, Sara and Yvonne reminisced about the time when they performed back in Tokyo and the event which changed their life. The two ladies knew after their encounter with the homeless kids on the streets of Tokyo that helping neglected kids was something they can do.

    The movie changes between the current times and the time when Sara and Yvonne trying very hard to push their cause across to the relevant authorities in the country to some of the cases in the movie like especially two children by the name of Laura and Michael other than Jacob.

    Sometimes it's just scary to hear and watch of cases of child abuse. But then it's just true that there are always such cases out there. The TV movie can really pull the heartstrings.
    10mike-73883

    Best extra work I've seen in the history of cinema

    I was unforgettable as "guy in the crowd who claps, and also waves his hat."

    Still waiting on the Academy for that Oscar, but I've been blacklisted from extra work for 18 years, so it's probably politically motivated.
    8Tmorris44

    Awakening

    I have been anticipating watching this movie for a month and it was beyond my expectations of a lifetime movie. The acting was superior (Gilpin, Polo and the child actors). This movie follows two women (Gilpin and Polo) on their journey to help children around the world. Through their journey of orphans and abused children they stumble across Jacob, an severely abused child,whose story makes the movie touching and meaningful. The movie can get a little confusing at times because they do switch from one decade to another, as long as you're paying attention you'll understand what is going on. The movie was a great awakening of what some children are living through and that people can really change the world for others.

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    • Trivia
      This is the true story about Sara O'Meara and Yvonne Fedderson who started 1-800-4Achild in 1959
    • Goofs
      There's no information about what happened with "Jacob" in between greeting Sara and Yvonne as a nine year old and adulthood.
    • Quotes

      Jacob Fletcher: Do you believe in angels?

      Telephone operator: Yes, I do, I do believe in angels, Jacob.

      Jacob Fletcher: Jacob needs an angel, right now, real bad.

    • Soundtracks
      Friendship
      Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter

      Performed by Peri Gilpin and Teri Polo

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    • Release date
      • June 15, 2006 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • Canada
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Lifetime tv
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Îngerii dreptatii
    • Filming locations
      • Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Craig Anderson Productions
      • Alberta Film Entertainment
      • Lifetime Movie Network (LMN)
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 30m(90 min)
    • Color
      • Color

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