Category «Movies on abortion»

The Secret of Vera Drake

Win the world’s biggest jackpot Vera Drake ( Vera Drake ‘s Secret in Latin America and Spain ) is a 2004 British filmdirected and written by director Mike Leigh , and starring Imelda Staunton . Through her main character, Vera Drake, the film recounts the subject of clandestine abortion through a kindly, humble woman who …

The Cider House Rules

The Cider House Rules (in Spain: The House Rules Cider in Mexico and Argentina: The Cider House Rules ) is a film American directed by Lasse Hallström and released in 1999 . Synopsis Homer Wells is an orphan who does not lack family. He has grown up in the St. Cloud’s orphanage under the unconventional …

New paragraph

Punto y aparte is a dramatic Mexican film of the year 2002 directed and produced by Francisco del Toro . The film takes up the themes of adolescent pregnancy and abortion by exploring its consequences from a moral perspective. Argument The film presents in parallel the stories of two young teenagers. In this way, a …

Partial Terms of Endearment

Partial Terms of Endearment is the twenty-first episode and final of the eighth season of the series Family Guy . Unlike the others, this one was emitted through the British chain BBC 3 in 20 of June of 2010. The plot focuses on Lois, who decides to volunteer as a surrogate mother to help an …

Obvious Child

Obvious Child is a 2014 moviewritten and directed by Gillian Robespierre . The film stars Jenny Slate , Jake Lacy , Gaby Hoffmann and David Cross . It premiered at the Sundance International Film Festival and was chosen by A24 for a premiere in the United States. 2 Won the Red Crown Producer’s Award at …

Those who will see God

Those who will see God is a film filmed in colors of Argentina directed by Rodolfo Blasco on the script of Vito De Martini thatpremieredthe 28 of February of 1963 and that had like protagonists to Oscar Rovito , Bárbara Mujica , Luis Dávila , Alberto Bello And Beatriz Bonnet . Synopsis A young couple …

The beloved ones

The beloved is a Mexican film of 1965 of the genre of drama, which consists of two episodes based on the Tajimara talesof Juan García Ponce and A pure soul of Carlos Fuentes . However, it is to be noted that this film is - in reality - a compilation of the homonymous mediometrajes directed …

The Blame (telefilm)

The blame is a Spanish telefilm directed by Narciso Ibáñez Serrador included in Movies not to sleep . Synopsis In the 70’s, Ana is a gynecologist who lives in a small town and combines her work in a Social Security center with the private consultation she has at home. When Gloria, a young nurse and …

Juno (film)

Juno (titled Juno in Spain , The young life of Juno in Argentina , Juno: Growing up , running and stumbling in Mexico , and Juno: Pregnant by accident in Peru ) 1 is a film of 2007 directed by Jason Reitman , written by Diablo Cody and Starring Ellen Page , Michael Cera , …

The Silent Scream (1984 film)

The Silent Scream is a video showing the completion of an abortion through an ultrasound , filmed and directed by Dr. Bernard Nathanson . 1 The description of the video asserts that the fetus seems to move with gestures of pain and discomfort during the process. The name of the film comes from one of …

The crying of the turtle

The cry of the turtle , also known under the title of “How did you lose your virginity? (In Spain), is a Mexican film of 1974 directed by Francisco of the Villar based on a script coescrito next to Vicente Leñero , with photograph of Gabriel Figueroa and whose protagonists are Jorge Rivero , Isela …

Daddy’s Gone A-Hunting

Daddy’s Gone A-Hunting , known in Spanish under the titles of Shock (in Spain) or Cita with the fear (in Hispanic America), is a 1969 American filmofthe suspense genre, directed by Mark Robson and musicalized by John Williams . The title of the film comes from the lyrics of the popular English lullaby “Bye, baby …

When weave spiders

When weave the spiders is a 1977 Mexican film directed by Roberto Gavaldón based on a screenplay by Francisco del Villar and Vicente Leñero and starring Alma Muriel , Carlos Piñar, Jaime Moreno and Angelica Chain . Synopsis Laura is a beautiful upper-class girl who returns to Mexico City after completing her studies in Geneva …

The Crime of Father Amaro (film)

The crime of Father Amaro is a Mexican film of the year 2002 based on thehomonymous novel of the Portuguese writer Eça de Queirós , written in 1875 . Before its public exhibition in Mexico a controversy was unleashed because Catholic groupstried to ban the film. 2 The government of President Vicente Fox , in …

Abort in London

Abortar in London is a 1977 Spanish film directed by Gil Carretero and starring Pedro Mari Sánchez , Sandra Mozarowsky , Lola Herrera , Viky Lagos , Virginia Mataix , Paloma Pagés , Celia Torres and Susana Mayo . Argument It has as story a young woman raped before her boyfriend and, shortly after, she …

4 months, 3 weeks, 2 days

4 months, 3 weeks, 2 days is a 2007 dramatic film written and directed by Cristian Mungiu . It is set in the last years of communism in Romania and tells the problems of two students who face the unwanted pregnancy of one of them at a time when abortion was prohibited by law. The …