Title: The Midwife
Original Title: Sage Femme
Year: 2017
Info
- Country: France
- Length: 117 Minutes (1 hour 57 min)
- Budget: €7,000,000
- Genre: Drama
- Studios: France 3 Cinéma Versus Entertainment
- Distributor: A Contracorriente Films
- Age rating: 12 (Suitable for 12 years and over)
Release Dates
- UK: July 07 2017
- United States: July 21 2017
Plot
Claire's life is not exactly in its best moment. She is single and not so good at making friends. Besides, her son is about to leave home with his new girlfriend Lucie. That's why Claire tries to focus on her work as a midwife in a child hospital. The job makes her happy, but she'll soon find out the hospital is going to close its doors and her only chance is to work at a much less human hospital, almost a baby factory. In that moment, Béatrice, her father's former lover, will show up in her life. The woman, all opposite to Claire, announces that she has brain cancer and no one else to turn to. Catherine Frot and Catherine Deneuve star in this drama under the direction of Martin Provost, César winner for 'Séraphine'.
Cast
Director:
Madame Naja
Claire Breton
Béatrice Sobo
Paul Baron
Rolande
Simon
Cécile Amado
Videos
Subtitled trailer 'The Midwife'
July 1 2017
Photos
Trivia
Seminci
The film premiered in Spain out of competition at the Seminci Valladolid Festival. It was the movie that closed the festival.
France and Belgium
Although the action is set in the Paris region, the birthing scenes were filmed in Belgium as French law prohibits the filming of babies of less than three months.
Older
Claire tells Béatrice she is 49; Béatrice replies that she always looked older than she actually was. Catherine Frot, who plays Claire, is actually 61.
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