The Midwife review: Catherine Deneuve and Catherine Frot star in beguiling drama
FRENCH acting greats Catherine Deneuve and Catherine Frot make for an irresistible team in The Midwife, a beguiling drama driven by a fondness for all the flaws that help to make us human.
The Midwife (Cert 12A; 117mins)
Claire (Frot) is a dedicated, strait-laced midwife in Paris whose life revolves around her work and her son Simon (Quentin Dolmaire).
Then an answering machine message brings fresh contact with Beatrice (Deneuve), the mistress who walked out on Claire’s father 35 years ago.
Beatrice is a free spirit who lives for the moment and never troubles herself with the consequences and Deneuve plays her with twinkling charm and gleeful abandon.
The two women could not be more different but their budding friendship makes for a very touching, endearing film.