Home of the Babies (2003)
3.3 of 5 from 47 ratings
1h 35min
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- Synopsis:
John Sayles possesses many gifts as a filmmaker, but none greater than his ability to dive into a community and explore how it works. In "Casa De Los Babys", a group of six women seeking to adopt children from an unnamed Latin American country are forced to remain in the country by red tape: Darryl Hannah plays a body-obsessed women who lost three children at birth; Marcia Gay Harden is a pushy, archetypal Ugly American; Mary Steenburgen is a born-again Christian and recovering alcoholic; Lili Taylor plays an edgy, single New York editor who wants a baby but not a man; Maggie Gyllenhaal is a tremulous young married woman seeking to salvage her failing marriage by adopting a child; and Susan Lynch portrays a poor Irish-American woman from Boston emotionally invested in the "idea" of having a baby. Touching and sometimes heart-breaking, Sayles' examination of what adoption means on both sides of the supply-demand equation captures the need, desperation, and sadness of an arrangement that, whatever good may ultimately come of it, exacts a cost that extends far beyond lawyers' fees and plane tickets... - Actors:
- Daryl Hannah, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Mary Steenburgen, Angelina Peláez, Lizzie Curry Martinez, Vanessa Martinez, Amanda Álvarez, Said Martinez, Abel Salas, Marco Mondragón, José Reyes, Claudia Benitez, Ignacio de Anda, José Reyes Jr., Emmanuel González, El Flaco de Oro de Acapulco, Dave Baez, Blanca Loaria
- Directors:
- John Sayles
- Writers:
- John Sayles
- Aka:
- Casa de los babys
- Genres:
- Drama
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