Top Cast
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Rune Vandenbussche
Rose
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Tania Cnaepkens
Celine Martel
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Curt Coekaerts
Café owner
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Sarah Wauters
Nurse
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Kristin Matthyssen
Kristin Ramman
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Johan Dehandschutter
Olivier Roeckx
Overview
Rose, a young girl suffering from aplastic anemia, desperately seeks to find a stem cell donor to save her life. When insurance companies refuse to pay for treatment, life for Rose and her mother Céline becomes very hard.
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