Manly Cinemas - Movie Detail

Mother And Child (MA15+) 121 mins

Rating Advice:Strong sex scenes and coarse language

Opening:29 July 2010

Genre:Drama

Language:English

Director:Rodrigo García

Cast:Naomi Watts, Annette Bening, Kerry Washington

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Trailer:Watch this trailer below!

Distributor:Hopscotch Films

Awards:

****4 stars!.. Ben McEachen [Sunday Sun Herald]

****4 stars!.. David Stratton [ABC]

Rated 9/10!.. Tom Ryan [Sun Herald]

Synopsis: Three women's lives share a common core: they have all been profoundly affected by adoption. Karen (Annette Bening) had a baby at 14, gave her up at birth, and has been haunted ever since by the daughter she never knew. Elizabeth (Naomi Watts) grew up as an adopted child; she's a bright and ambitious lawyer, but a flinty loner in her personal life. Lucy (Kerry Washington) is just embarking with her husband on the adoption odyssey, looking for a baby to become their own. The men in their lives offer support (and, in one instance, disappointment): Karen's attentive, generous co-worker Paco (Jimmy Smits); Elizabeth's older boss and lover Paul (Samuel L. Jackson); and Lucy's patient husband Joseph (David Ramsey). With both humor and pathos, MOTHER AND CHILD brings this ensemble together to reveal the emotional complexity of families lost and found. Written and directed by Rodrigo García (Six Feet Under, In Treatment, Nine Lives). This film has every ingredient for you to enjoy if you like dramas and still have a good cry.. single parenting, sex, the rediscovery of love, tears, strangers, fears, trust, hope and death.