The Waiting City (2009) on Netflix
Fiona Simmons, a lawyer, and Ben Simmons, a musician, travel from Australia to Calcutta to collect the baby they are adopting. The paperwork is unfinished, so the couple wait.
- Netflix3.2/5
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- Rotten Tomatoes75%
Plot summary
Fiona Simmons and Ben Simmons arrive in Calcutta expecting to complete the adoption of their daughter without delay. Instead the last stages of the process stall, and Fiona, a lawyer, spends her days on the internet with clients back home and on the legal red tape. Ben, a musician, wanders the streets and adjusts to the rhythms of the city. The waiting sharpens the differences between them, and his friendship with Scarlett, a fellow visitor, deepens his distance from his wife. Fiona, an atheist, meets people whose lives follow religious tradition, and the sights around her stir feelings she did not expect.
Cast
- Dana Roias Sister Agnes
- Kamalendu Banerjeeas Airport Official
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Waiting City (2009)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Claire McCarthy, the director of The Waiting City, volunteered with the Missionaries of Charity at the Mother Teresa Center in India in 2002, which fed into her 2008 documentary Sisters, and she began developing the film after meeting children in India who were waiting to be adopted.
