An Unexpected Life

An Unexpected Life

1998 · 96 min · ★ 4.9 · Drama, TV Movie

A single woman has her idyllic life disrupted when she takes in orphans. But, soon she comes to depend on the sound of little feet and couldn't think of life without them.

Directed by David Hugh Jones · Written by Lee Rose

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