Immediate Family

Immediate Family

The toughest choices are made with the heart.

198995 min5.9 / 10

A warm yet emotionally complex drama about parenthood, sacrifice, and the competing claims of the heart when adoption plans collide with unexpected feelings.

Linda and Michael, married for ten years, desperately want a baby and turn to an adoption agency which introduces them to Lucy, a teenage girl expecting her first baby. The three agree that Linda and Michael will adopt Lucy's baby and that Lucy will sign away custody. Things don't go quite to plan however..

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