Seven year-old Albert is the son of a Las Vegas circus performer. When she is killed in a car wreck, Albert is sent to live with his mother's foster sister, Harriet Franklin, a no-nonsense businesswoman struggling in New Jersey. Albert hates it with the dour Harriet, but takes refuge in the company of , a flamboyant, gentle, loving, and altogether imaginary Frenchman. With 's help, Albert can perhaps come to terms with his mother's death, and Harriet with her own loss of childhood innocence.
Al Waxman, Andrea Martin, Barbara Hamilton, Cynthia Mace, Damon D'Oliveira, Denis Mercier, Dina Morrone, Don Francks, Eugene Osment, Fiona Reid, Frank Medrano, Gerard Depardieu, Haley Joel Osment, Jackie Richardson, James Rosin, Jennifer Pisana, Jennifer Podemski, Justine Johnston, Kenner Ames, Kevin Jackson, Michael Ho, Mike Butters, Mo Gaffney, Nancy
Comedy, Family, Fantasy