Mother and Child

United States, Spain

2009

125 Min

Color

2.35:1

English

Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
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EXEC Alfonso Cuarón, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Guillermo del Toro

PROD Lisa Maria Falcone, Tom Heller, Julie Lynn

CAST Naomi Watts, Annette Bening, Kerry Washington, Samuel L. Jackson, David Morse, Carla Gallo, Amy Brenneman, Tatyana Ali, Marc Blucas, Cherry Jones, Jimmy Smits, David Ramsey, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Shareeka Epps, Britt Robertson

MUSIC Ed Shearmur

Toronto (Gala), San Sebastián (Out of Competition), Sundance (Spotlight), Mar del Plata (Panorama), Ghent (Out of Competition), Athens (Premieres)

Synopsis

Almost forty years ago, a young girl of fourteen has sex, gets pregnant, and gives her baby up for adoption. Fast-forwarding to the present day, we meet three very different women, each of whom struggles to maintain control of their lives. There’s Elizabeth, a smart and successful lawyer who uses her body to her advantage. Any time she feels that she doesn’t have the upper hand, and cannot control the situation, she uses her sex appeal – whether that be starting a romance with her boss when she suspects he is trying to start one himself, or finding some way to control her overly friendly neighbor and husband. Karen, meanwhile, is a bitter health care professional who obviously has a lot of heart but never shows it. She gave up a daughter at the age of fourteen (wonderfully shown rather than told, she is the young girl and mother of Elizabeth), and has never gotten over it – her bitterness inspiring her to lash out at everyone around her… —IMDb

Director

Rodrigo García

Rodrigo García (born 24 August 1959) is a Colombian-born television and film director.

García was born in Bogotá, Colombia, the son of Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez and Mercedes Barcha Pardo. Because of this he knew Carlos Fuentes, Julio Cortázar, Pablo Neruda and Luis Buñuel when he was young

García has directed a variety of independent films such as the award-winning “Nine Lives” and “Albert Nobbs” and several episodes of the HBO series, Six Feet Under, Carnivàle, and Big Love. He created, wrote and directed the wildly popular HBO hit “In Treatment” As of 1987, he lives in the United States.

He has also worked as a camera operator and a cinematographer for several films such as Gia, The Birdcage and Great Expectations.

His film Nine Lives was nominated for the William Shatner Golden Groundhog Award for Best Underground Movie, the other nominated films were Green Street Hooligans, MirrorMask, Up for Grabs and Opie Gets Laid. —Wikipedia read more

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Publius

20Mar12

A fine film.

Muhamad Fajar Ibrahim

30Jan12

At first : Didn't know the plot detail. Didn't expect anything from it ; At the end : Amazed. Haeartbroken. Speechless ; A very, very underrated masterpiece!

Daniel S.

4Jan12

Imagine a film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu but with a linear narrative. Imagine now a superb extended metaphor on adoption, hence on filiation, interpreted by actors skillfully directed. You get it ? Now, you have before your very eyes one of the best American movies of 2009. Unfairly ignored. Masterpiece.

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Yuki Aditya

29Apr12

finally!!!

Noiresque

21Oct11

Naomi's complexity left me astonished that her character and dialogue was written by a man. Her relationship with SLJ was perfectly represented - a guilty sexual game, leading into a friendship of genuine respect and responsibility which resulted in her character acting (possibly for the first time in her life) with the best interest of someone other than herself. Rodrigo Garcia knows women. Brilliant.

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