Nine Lives (2005) on Netflix
Nine women meet a critical moment: Sandra cannot reach her daughter from prison, Holly comes home to confront her stepfather, and Camille waits for cancer surgery.
- Netflix2.9/5
- IMDb6.7/107,390 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes75%
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Plot summary
Nine loosely connected stories, each centered on a different woman. Sandra, in prison, breaks down when the phone in her cubicle fails on visiting day and she cannot reach her daughter. Diana and Damian, former lovers now married to other people, meet again in a supermarket aisle. Holly comes home to confront the stepfather she accuses of abuse. A married couple, Sonia and Martin, fall apart while visiting their friends Lisa and Damian. Teenager Samantha is pulled between her silent parents, Ruth and Larry, who question her about each other. Ruth cares for her wheelchair-using husband. Divorcee Lorna copes with her ex-husband Andrew's desire for her at his second wife's funeral. Camille, waiting for breast cancer surgery, turns on her husband Richard. Maggie talks with her daughter Maria at a cemetery picnic.
Cast
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Nine Lives (2005)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- At the Locarno Film Festival the film won the Golden Leopard for Best Film, and the entire cast was awarded the Bronze Leopard for Best Actress between them.
- Like García's previous work, Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her, it is a series of overlapping vignettes with an ensemble cast, each one running about the same length and told in a single, unbroken take.
