Mother and Child

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"Mother and Child" is a 2009 drama film written and directed by Rodrigo García that interweaves the emotional stories of three women connected by adoption and motherhood.

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Mother and Child canonical 3
Mother and Child (various works) 1

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instanceOf drama film
film
independent film
cinematographyBy Xavier Grobet
surface form: Xavier Pérez Grobet
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
criticalReception generally positive
director Rodrigo García
distributor Sony Pictures Classics
editedBy Steven Weisberg
featuresInterwovenStories three women
filmmakingStyle intimate drama
genre drama
hasSubject forgiveness
intergenerational trauma
regret
search for identity
language English
mainTheme adoption
family relationships
motherhood
musicBy Edward Shearmur
narrativeFocus emotional impact of adoption
narrativeStructure interwoven storylines
notableFor character-driven storytelling
ensemble cast
portrays adoptive parents
adult adoptees
birth mothers
closed adoption
producer Julie Lynn
Lisa Maria Falcone
releaseYear 2009
screenplayType original screenplay
setting Los Angeles
stars Amy Brenneman
Annette Bening
Cherry Jones
David Morse
Jimmy Smits
Kerry Washington
Naomi Watts
S. Epatha Merkerson
Samuel L. Jackson
targetAudience adult viewers
timePeriodOfSetting contemporary era
worldPremiereEvent Toronto International Film Festival
writer Rodrigo García

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Rodrigo García notableWork Mother and Child
Rodrigo García screenwriterOf Mother and Child
Rodrigo García directorOf Mother and Child
Mary Cassatt notableWork Mother and Child
this entity surface form: Mother and Child (various works)