2017
Unrated
Music Box Films
1 h 57 m

2017
Unrated
Music Box Films
1 h 57 m

Summary Claire (Catherine Frot-Marguerite) is a talented but tightly wound midwife and single mother on the cusp of losing her job as her small maternity clinic can’t compete with the nearby big hospital. Béatrice (Catherine Deneuve), is the estranged, free-spirited but broken-down mistress of Claire’s deceased father looking for redemption. T...

Drama

Directed By: Martin Provost

Written By: Martin Provost

2017
Unrated
Music Box Films
1 h 57 m

2017
Unrated
Music Box Films
1 h 57 m

The Midwife

Name: The Midwife
Genre: Drama
Released: 2017-07-21
Duration: 1 min 57 s
Rating: 66
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Catherine Frot, Olivier Gourmet, Quentin Dolmaire, Mylène Demongeot

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 24 Critic Reviews

User Score Generally Favorable Based on 4 User Ratings

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Directed By: Martin Provost

Written By: Martin Provost

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Generally Favorable Based on 24 Critic Reviews

63% Positive
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4% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 24 Critic Reviews

63% Positive
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33% Mixed
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4% Negative
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San Francisco Chronicle

Jul 26, 2017

If you want to fall in love with Catherine Deneuve, don’t start with her youth. Start with her here, in her 70s, and then work your way back.

By Mick LaSalle FULL REVIEW

Time Out London

Jul 3, 2017

Not much happens in The Midwife, but its depth and texture make this a moving film about families, time passing and shared history – and the handful of scenes in the maternity unit where Claire works, five or six little miracles of birth, somehow add to its sense of a life as mysterious and precious.

By Cath Clarke FULL REVIEW

Observer

Jul 20, 2017

At its core, the drama is a character study. It gradually reveals the impact these two contrasting characters have on each other, excavating the past to unlock the repressed Claire and reveal hidden depths below the flamboyant Beatrice’s surface.

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Wall Street Journal

Jul 20, 2017

If the plot turns out to be a convenience, the pleasure lies in what the co-stars bring to it.

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Total Film

Aug 11, 2017

With recriminations turning to compassion, the film sings when these French titans share the screen, Deneuve’s loose cannon a mixture of hedonism and terror. If only the other scenes were as compelling.

By James Mottram FULL REVIEW

The New York Times

Jul 20, 2017

Because it is a French film, or rather the kind of French film that wants to serve its sentimentality with a dollop of prestige, The Midwife doesn’t offer an entirely shameless version of the “dying free spirit imbues uptight caretaker with a new lust for life” scenario.

By Glenn Kenny FULL REVIEW

Slant Magazine

Jul 20, 2017

If not for its performances, the film would belong in the category of Hallmark Channel tearjerkers.

By Diego Semerene FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Curiosa Films, France 3 Cinéma, Versus Production, Memento Films, Cofimage 27, Inver Tax Shelter, Canal+, France Télévisions, La Région Île-de-France, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Ciné+, Memento Films International

Release Date Jul 21, 2017

Duration 1 h 57 m

Rating Unrated

Genres

Drama

Website https://www.lumiere.be/fr/movies/sage-femme/

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Awards

Monte-Carlo Comedy Film Festival

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

Globes de Cristal Awards, France

• 1 Nomination

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Catherine Deneuve

Béatrice Sobo

Catherine Frot

Claire Breton

Olivier Gourmet

Paul Baron

Quentin Dolmaire

Simon

Mylène Demongeot

Rolande

Pauline Etienne

Cécile Amado - une patiente

Audrey Dana

La chef de service hôpital moderne

Pauline Parigot

Lucie

Marie Gili-Pierre

Evelyne

Jeanne Rosa

Élodie

Élise Oppong

Sophie

Ingrid Heiderscheidt

Hôtesse d'accueil maternité

Jacques Mechelany

Francis

Ana Rodriguez

Patiente bébé cordon

Karidja Touré

Patiente Madame Naja

Jisca Kalvanda

Patiente Madame Werba

Fayçal Safi

Mari Madame Werba

Marc Prin

Médecin de Béatrice

Nicolas Grandhomme

Agent immobilier

Melchior Carrelet

Visiteur appartement

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