Midwife
A stellar cast with terrific performances...a crowd-pleaser.
The Midwife
A touching and nuanced dramatic comedy about unlikely friendships, forgiveness, and the need for change, The Midwife follows the newly resurfaced relationship between Claire (Catherine Frot), a talented but tightly wound midwife and single mother, and Béatrice (Catherine Deneuve), the estranged, free-spirited mistress of Claire’s deceased father. Though polar opposites in almost every way, the two come to rely on each other to cope with the unusual circumstance that brings them together in this sharp character study from filmmaker Martin Provost (Séraphine).
Genre
Drama,
French Cinema,
Comedy
Runtime
117
Language
French
Director
Martin Provost
Writer(s)
Martin Provost
Cast
Catherine Deneuve,
Olivier Gourmet,
Quentin Dolmaire,
Mylène Demongeot
FEATURED REVIEW
Ben Croll, Indiewire
As Goldie Hawn once put it, Hollywood has only three roles for women: Ingénue, District Attorney and "Driving Miss Daisy". The fact of the matter is, too many strong talents see the pool of good parts unfairly dry up once they reach middle age, and short of radically reshaping the American film ...
Played at
Royal 7.21.17 - 8.24.17
Town Center 5 7.28.17 - 8.10.17
Playhouse 7 7.28.17 - 8.10.17
Lumiere Music Hall 8.25.17 - 8.31.17
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