Blue Balloons

Blue Balloons

Blue Balloons

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Blue Balloons

2017

1h 30m

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Drama

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A young-adult caregiver grapples with emotional, physical, and spiritual difficulties after her mother's cancer returns, forcing her to confront past grievances and threatening the only existence she's ever known. Watch Now on Kinema.

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Chari Eckmann

Joanne Kippson

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George Brust

Henry Kippson

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Máire Higgins

Mara Kippson

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Gabriel Rysdahl

Sam Kippson

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Susan Brava

Nancy Berquist

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Ellen Engelson

Pastor Alice

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Jim Wescott

Doctor Walstrom

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Emily Troedson

Claire Kippson

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