Mary and Martha (2013)
- Directed by
- Phillip Noyce
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.3 of 10 from 84 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Two mothers from different countries both lose their sons to malaria. They meet and decide to travel to Africa to work on preventing the disease.
melancholicemotionalpoignantsomberhopefulslow-burnheartfeltgrief-driven
What happens
Mary and Martha is a 2013 British-American television film starring Hilary Swank and Brenda Blethyn, and directed by Phillip Noyce. Based on a screenplay by Richard Curtis, it was produced by Working Title Television, in association with the BBC and NBCUniversal. The film had its UK premiere on 1 March 2013 on BBC One and premiered in the US on HBO on 20 April 2013. The film is based on a true story. The film centers around two mothers, one British (Blethyn, based on Malaria No More UK Special Ambassador Jo Yirrell, whose son – like the character played by Sam Claflin – was a volunteer teacher who always gave his malaria pills to his students at an African orphanage), and one American (Swank, as a fictional character, who garners most of the airtime), who share only one thing in common: the loss of their sons to malaria. After the deaths of their sons, the mothers decide to travel to Africa to help with malaria prevention. The film was nominated for the Humanitas Prize. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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