The Midwife (Sage Femme) í leikstjórn Martin Provost með þeim Catherine Deneuve og Catherine Frot í aðalhlutverkum fjallar einstæðu móðurina Claire, – sem á einn uppkominn son. Hún hefur helgað lífi sínu ljósmóðurstarfinu, en þarf frá að hverfa þegar í ljós kemur að það þarf að loka kvennadeildinni þar sem hún vinnur.

Béatrice er hávær og litríkur karakter er fyrrum hjákona föður Claire. Þegar hún dúkkar skyndilega upp í lífi Claire breytist allt..

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English

Claire is a single mother with a grown-up son. She’s a dedicated midwife who is completely wrapped up in her job. Although the maternity ward where she works is to be closed, she turns down a job offer from a larger clinic because she cannot reconcile their methods with her own ideas about midwifery. In the midst of all this upheaval she receives a phone call that rekindles memories of her youth. Béatrice, her late father’s former mistress, asks to meet her. Béatrice is a true bohemian – loud, colourful, egocentric and completely different to the focussed, helpful Claire. The younger woman asks herself why, after all these years of silence, Béatrice has suddenly decided to approach her for help, and is at first less than enthusiastic.

Martin Provost has made a name for himself with powerful portraits of women (Séraphine, Violette). Sage Femme revolves around the encounter between two headstrong women, perfectly cast with two of French cinema’s grandes dames. A dramatic comedy about the need for change, and the question of whether steak, pommes frites and red wine is really what one would call a healthy lunch.

Screened in August 2017 with English subtitles