The Midwife

For as many lives as she’d carefully ushered into the world, professional midwife Claire Breton (Catherine Frot) found her own at a crossroads, between her old-school facility shuttering and her med student son (Quentin Dolmaire) leaving the nest. That changed after an unanticipated encounter with her late father’s ruinous ex-mistress Béatrice (Catherine Deneuve), whose frank admission of terminal illness vested the veteran caregiver with renewed purpose. Moving drama co-stars Olivier Gourmet, Pauline Ettiene, and Mylène Demongeot. 117 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: French: Subtitles: English. In French with English subtitles.