The Midwife

Name: The Midwife
Genre: Drama
Released: 2017-03-22
Duration: 1 h 57 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Catherine Frot, Catherine Deneuve, Olivier Gourmet, Quentin Dolmaire, Mylène Demongeot

Sage femme (2017)

Timing: 1:57 (117 min)

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Video for the film The Midwife — THE MIDWIFE (2017) - Official HD Trailer

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Release date

2017-03-22

Country

Belgium, France

Production

France 3 Cinéma, Curiosa Films

Genre

Drama

Budget

$7 000 000

Box office

$603 582

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Director

Martin Provost

Actors

Catherine Frot, Catherine Deneuve, Olivier Gourmet, Quentin Dolmaire, Mylène Demongeot, Marie Paquim, Karidja Touré, Pauline Étienne, Audrey Dana, Pauline Parigot
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Scenario

Martin Provost

Producer

Olivier Delbosc, Jacques-Henri Bronckart, Olivier Bronckart, Christine De Jekel

Camera operator

Yves Cape

Composer

Artist

Thierry François

Audition

Marie-France Michel, Brigitte Moidon

Editing

Albertine Lastera
Whole Team (18)

Short description

Claire is a midwife and has devoted her life to others. At a moment when she is preoccupied by the imminent closure of the maternity clinic where she works, her life is further turned upside down when Béatrice, her father's former mistress, turns up on the scene. Béatrice is a capricious and selfish woman, Claire's exact opposite.

What's left behind the scenes

The film is set near Paris, however, the birth scene was filmed in Belgium, where the legislation in this regard is more liberal than in France.
During the filming, actress Catherine Frot delivered babies for several women.
The original title of the film is Sage femme, which translates from French as "Midwife".
The original title of the film is *Sage femme*, which translates from French as "Midwife".