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12 and Holding

12 and Holding

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12 and Holding

"Do You Know Who Your Kids Are?"

2006

1h 30m

6.8(96 votes)

Drama

Overview

Three close knit 12-year-olds - introverted Jacob, precocious Malee and vulnerable Leonard - start down the path of self-discovery and begin to distinguish their own voices from those of their parents.

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Echo Lake Entertainment

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Zoe Weizenbaum

Zoe Weizenbaum

Malee Chuang

Conor Donovan

Conor Donovan

Jacob / Rudy Carges

Jesse Camacho

Jesse Camacho

Leonard Fisher

Jeremy Renner

Jeremy Renner

Gus Maitland

Annabella Sciorra

Annabella Sciorra

Carla Chuang

Jayne Atkinson

Jayne Atkinson

Ashley Carges

Linus Roache

Linus Roache

Jim Carges

Marcia DeBonis

Marcia DeBonis

Grace Fisher

Tom McGowan

Tom McGowan

Patrick Fisher

Michael C. Fuchs

Kenny

Creative team

Directed by: Michael Cuesta
Written by: Anthony Cipriano
Produced by: Brian Bell
Michael Cuesta

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