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Mary and Martha / HBO Films presents a WTTV Working Title Television production in association with the BBC and NBCUniversal ; produced by Hilary Bevan Jones and Genevieve Hofmeyr ; written by Richard Curtis ; directed by Phillip Noyce.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 1000417294 | HBO Home EntertainmentLanguage: English Subtitle language: English Distributor: [United States] : HBO Home Entertainment, [2013]Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Director, Phillip Noyce.
Cast: Hilary Swank, Brenda Blethyn, Sam Claflin, Frank Grillo, Lux Haney-Jardine.Summary: Two very different women, an upscale American named Mary and a middle-class Englishwoman named Martha, form an unlikely bond following the losses of their only children from malaria contracted in Africa. Battling their lingering grief and the strains on their marriages, the two work together to raise awareness of malaria while recovering their sense of purpose. A story of how ordinary people can make a difference in influencing social policy and affecting positive change.
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Two very different women-an upscale American named Mary and a middle-class Englishwoman named Martha-form an unlikely bond following the losses of their only children from malaria contracted in Africa. Battling their lingering grief and the strains on their marriages, the two work together to raise awareness of malaria while recovering their sense of purpose. A story of how ordinary people can make a difference in influencing social policy and affecting positive change.

Originally broadcast as a made-for-TV movie in 2013.

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Director, Phillip Noyce.

Hilary Swank, Brenda Blethyn, Sam Claflin, Frank Grillo, Lux Haney-Jardine.

Two very different women, an upscale American named Mary and a middle-class Englishwoman named Martha, form an unlikely bond following the losses of their only children from malaria contracted in Africa. Battling their lingering grief and the strains on their marriages, the two work together to raise awareness of malaria while recovering their sense of purpose. A story of how ordinary people can make a difference in influencing social policy and affecting positive change.

Rating: TV14.

DVD, widescreen (16:9) presentation; Dolby digital 5.1.

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