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Casa de los Babys (2003)

Casa de los Babys poster
Directed by
John Sayles
Genre
comedy film, drama film, independent film, social problem film
Country
Mexico, United States
Runtime
1h 35m
Rated
R
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 31 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of American women stay at a hotel in a South American country while waiting to adopt babies. They deal with the bureaucratic hurdles and their own emotional struggles as they hope to finalize the adoptions.

moodycontemplativeslow-pacedtensemelancholicobservationalsobering

What happens

Casa de los Babys ("House of the Babies") is a 2003 drama film written, directed, and edited by filmmaker John Sayles. It features an ensemble cast, including Marcia Gay Harden, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Daryl Hannah. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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