L'esprit de famille (2014)
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Cast
Michaël Youn, Ary Abittan, Marie Denarnaud, Richard Berry
When their sister Hélène needs a kidney, brothers Yvan and Max—both able to donate—must undergo tests to determine which of them will help her.
The story
Yvan and Max Perez’s sister, Hélène, is suffering from kidney failure and needs a kidney. Both brothers can donate, so they must undergo tests to determine which one will help her. Each has personal reasons for wanting to help: Max wants to stop being the family’s good-for-nothing, while Yvan wants to show that he is not afraid. Max is a playwright and novelist with no permanent home and no relationship. Yvan is a French teacher with a wife, Alice, and a child, Basile.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Yvan and Max Perez both have a sister, Hélène Perez, who suffers from kidney failure and needs a kidney. Yvan and Max can both donate a kidney to their sister, and they must undergo tests to find out which of them will help Hélène. They each have several reasons for wanting to help her. First, because she is their sister; Max also wants to stop being the family’s good-for-nothing, while Yvan wants to show that he isn’t afraid. Max is a playwright and novelist. He has no permanent home and is not in a relationship. Yvan is a French teacher. He has a wife, Alice, and a child named Basile.
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