Midwife Movies

After giving birth to her first child at age 20, Mona Achache had the idea to make a film on childbirth. She filmed the work of midwives to produce...

Set in a poor Québec neighbourhood during the 1930s, a young woman begins the dire labour of birthing.

A midwife goes to medical school to learn modern techniques.

A portrait that tells us about destiny, through the life of Lucía, the last midwife on the plateau of Jala, municipality of Nayarit.