NetflixMovies
Mother and Child background
Mother and Child poster

Mother and Child (2009) on Netflix

R20092h 5mDramaRomance

Baker Lucy wants a baby she cannot have, though her husband Joseph opposes adopting. Karen gave up a daughter at fourteen and keeps her distance. Elizabeth, raised by adopters, stays closed off.

  • Netflix3.6/5
  • IMDb7.2/1013,410 votes
  • Rotten Tomatoes78%

Trailer

Plot summary

Karen, a physical therapist in Los Angeles, gave birth at fourteen; her mother arranged for the baby to be given up for adoption, and Karen has struggled to grow close to anyone since. She looks after Nora, who is terminally ill, and works with Paco, a widower whose friendliness she meets with suspicion. Elizabeth, adopted as a child, is a lawyer whose life holds little warmth; hired at Paul's firm, she begins an affair with him. Lucy, a baker, cannot have children of her own, and her husband Joseph is not supportive of adopting. Through a Catholic agency, Lucy and Joseph meet a young pregnant woman who is considering them as parents.

Cast

Show all 20 cast

Stills

  • Mother and Child still 1
  • Mother and Child still 2
  • Mother and Child still 3
  • Mother and Child still 4
  • Mother and Child still 5
  • Mother and Child still 6
  • Mother and Child still 7
  • Mother and Child still 8

Similar movies