The Midwife

I suppose it's not surprising that a film with a definitive title like The Midwife" would play heavily on archetypes. In this case, there are two -- two Catherines to be exact. Catherine Deneuve plays Beatrice, an ageing Parisian whose carpe diem spirit is finally reined in with a cancer diagnosis. But she's far too outgoing to live her last days out alone. It's hard to know if she's trying to make amends or simply has no one else to ask, but she calls up the daughter of a former lover. Claire (...