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The Business of Being Born is a american film of genre Documentary released in USA on 9 january 2008 with Ricki Lake
The Business of Being Born (2008)
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Add to a movie listThe Business of Being Born is a 2008 documentary film that explores the contemporary experience of childbirth in the United States. Directed by Abby Epstein and produced by Ricki Lake, it compares various childbirth methods, including midwives, natural births, epidurals, and Cesarean sections.
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La naissance est un miracle, un rite de passage, un moment naturel de la vie. Mais plus que tout, la naissance est un business. Pour l'actrice Ricki Lacke, la naissance de son premier enfant est une expérience décevante, elle choisit alors de travailler avec la cinéaste Abby Epstein sur le système de soins de la naissance aux Etats-Unis. En mettant l'accent sur la ville de New York, le film révèle qu'il y a des raisons de se méfier de l'hôpital. La réalisatrice suit plusieurs couples qui choisissent de donner naissance à leur manière, elle découvre pendant le tournage qu'elle même est enceinte. Est-ce que la plupart des naissances doivent être considérées comme un processus naturel, ou doivent-elles être considérées comme une urgence médicale a priori?Actors
Ricki Lake
(Herself)
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