The read
It runs a compact 1h 20m.
Synopsis
Maria Garcia (Carmen Maura) is a television journalist and she's about to be a single mother. Her career foremost in her mind, she doesn't slow down even for a minute, despite her pregnancy. She is, however, taking Lamaze classes and is quite competently coping with the romantic attentions of a man she's not very interested in. It's not at all irrelevant that her news beat includes stories on terrorism, the greenhouse effect, pollution and genetic engineering, because when her baby's due date comes and goes, she starts hearing from her infant from in the womb. It is telling her that it and many other babies are refusing to be born into such a horrible world. She learns that this is true, and that the children born through induced labor are dying.
Ratings
5 audience votes
Key crew
- Marion HänselDirector
- Paul LêWriter
- Takashi KakoOriginal Music Composer
- Marion HänselWriter
Cast
- Carmen MauraMaria Garcia
- Jean-Pierre CasselLe rédacteur en chef
- Didier BezaceTom
- André DelvauxLe professeur
- Samuel MussenJeremy
- Philippe AllardLe jeune homme
- Daniela BiscontiLaura
- Francine BustinLa gynécologue
- André DebaarL'invité gynécologue
- Denise de HagenLa kinésithérapeute
- Serge DumoulinHenri
- Véronique DumontLab jeune fille