L'Aide Au Retour
β 10 Β· 2009 Β· 18m Β· Drama
Sofija and Miroslav are two immigrants who live in France without papers with their two sons. To avoid being evicted, the State proposes them a grant if they go back to their country of orgine, the one from which fled.
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