Mary and Martha

Wealthy American housewife Mary Morgan takes her bullied son George out of school for home education,including a trip to Southern Africa. Whilst in Mozambique George is bitten by a mosquito which crawls through a hole in his net and dies of malaria . After his funeral at home Mary feels a compulsion to return to Africa where she meets English woman Martha O'Connell,whose 24 year old son Ben, a teacher with voluntary service overseas,has also died of malaria. Ben gave his net to one of his pupils,believing adults cannot catch malaria . The two women are shocked to see the high death rate caused by the disease and,whilst Martha stays in Africa as a voluntary helper,Mary petitions the American government to change things. Martha turns up at Mary's house unannounced and,helped by Mary's ex-diplomat father,they address a senate committee on health spending,persuading them to do more to combat malaria. They meet with some success though a coda states that much more can be done.

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Mary and Martha är en drama och tv-filmfilm från 2013, regisserad av Phillip Noyce. I rollerna ses bland andra Hilary Swank, Brenda Blethyn, Sam Claflin och Frank Grillo.

Med en speltid på 1 timmar och 30 minuter är Mary and Martha en produktion från South Africa. Originalspråket är engelska. Hos tittarna har filmen ett snittbetyg på 6.3 av 10 baserat på 84 röster. På Filmotek uppdaterar vi löpande var du kan streama, hyra eller köpa Mary and Martha i Sverige.