Mother and Child

Writer/director Rodrigo García (Nine Lives) teams with executive producer Alejandro González Iñárritu to craft this drama highlighting the powerful bond between mothers and daughters. It’s been years since Karen (Annette Bening) gave her daughter, Elizabeth, up for adoption, and the decision to abandon her child has always haunted her. Upon meeting laid-back Paco (Jimmy Smits), Karen permits her anxiety and mistrust to get the best of her. On the surface it appears that Elizabeth (Naomi Watts) is none the worse for never knowing her biological mother; she’s a fast-talking lawyer who’s just landed a high-profile job at a firm fronted by Paul (Samuel L. Jackson), though her unsavory penchant for exploiting others is about to blow up in her face. Meanwhile, maternal-minded baker Lucy (Kerry Washington) longs to experience the joys of motherhood, eventually deciding that adoption is the best bet to start a family with her husband, Joseph (David Ramsey)., Three women struggle with adoption issues in this moving drama. A middle-aged woman (Annette Bening) has never gotten over her decision as a teen to give up her child for adoption, while a lawyer has no interest in knowing her biological mother and a wannabe mom begins the adoption process with her husband. Directed by Rodrigo García., A mum yearns for the daughter she gave up for adoption years earlier, while her estranged child struggles with the scars of not knowing her parent., Three women struggle with issues related to adoption in this drama. A middle-aged woman has never gotten over her decision as a teenager to give up her child for adoption, while a lawyer has no interest in knowing her biological mother and a wannabe mother begins the adoption process with her husband.