Motherhood
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Katherine Dieckmann
Jake M Smith
Valentino Bonaccio
David Schallipp
Syd Straw
Uma Thurman
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Eliza is a former fiction writer-turned-mom-blogger with her own site, "The Bjorn Identity." Taking place in a single day in Eliza's life that nearly pushes her to the tipping point, which includes preparing for and throwing her daughter's 6th birthday party, minding her toddler son, and navigating playground politics with overbearing moms. On top of it all, Eliza decides to enter a contest run by an upscale parenting magazine. All she has to do is write 500 words answering the deceptively simple question, "What Does Motherhood Mean to Me?" In the process of trying by nightfall to put these thoughts into words that don't "sound like bad ad copy," Eliza rediscovers her own voice and realizes what is truly valuable in her life.
Director
Katherine Dieckmann
Cast
Jake M Smith
Valentino Bonaccio
David Schallipp
Syd Straw
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Uma Thurman
Samantha Bee
Brian Tarantina
Anthony Edwards
Aunjanue Ellis
Kerry Bishe
James Lecesne
Clea Lewis
Victor Colicchio
Stephanie Szostak
Lois Robbins
Marceline Hugot
Ellen Crown
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Jodie Foster
Betsy Aidem
Alice Drummond
Matthew Schallipp
Jose Constanino
Minnie Driver
Bryan Walsh
Orlagh Cassidy
Jenny Kirlin
Shannon Burkett
Daisy Tahan
Neal Huff
Maya Ri Sanchez
Arjun Gupta
Javier Picayo
Celina Vignaud
Dale Soules
Crew
Kate Abernathy
Eugene Accardi
Damien Achilles
Nicole Alatsas
Bryan Allen
Dana Altomare
Douglas Armstrong
Diana Ascher
Johnny Batista
Phillip Beck
Jay Bellerose
Randy Bewley
David Blenk
Terra Bliss-alvarez
Rebecca Breckel
Andy Bresnan
Lauren Brown
Peter Bundrick
Milton Buras
Mike Burke
Jeff Byrd
Travis Call
Michael Canosa
Dominique Caron
Ronald Cavazzini
Yee Yeo Chang
Dorian Cheah
Ginny Clee
Rashad Clinton
Dan Cocuzzo
Dominick Cocuzzo
Rachel Cohen
Richard Colvin
John Coots
Gonzalo Cordoba
Kath Corgan
Michael Cory
Billy Cote
Janyelle Crawford
Matthew Cross
Curtis Crowe
Daniel Crown
Jessica De La Cruz
Reggie Cummings
Pete Dancy
Robert Dancy
Eden Daniels
Luisa De Miranda
Debbie De Villa
Frankie Demarco
Frankie Demarco
Frankie Demarco
Russell Deyoung
Darryl Dickenson
Michael Dickman
Katherine Dieckmann
Adrienne Dive
Leo Driver
Jim Dunbar
Jeff Dutemple
Patrick Eaton
Jana Edelbaum
Micah Eisenmann
Sherief Elkatsha
Lily Ellis
Maggie Engelhardt
Karen E. Etcoff
Alice Farrell
Chris Feinstein
Elizabeth Feldbaner
Michael Fennimore
Steve Fererra
Jonathan Ferrantelli
Russell Fine
Russell Fine
James Fitzgerald
Lauren Fitzsimmons
William Floyd
Amanda Foley
Robert Forster
Jodie Foster
Maribeth Fox
Yolanda Frank
Ryan Freeland
John Galuppo
Mara Galus
Joe Gawler
Karen Gehres
Glen Gertsen
Steve Giammaria
Keith Gordon
Peter Graham
Taylor Graves
Duck Grossberg
Marshall Grupp
Lori L Hade
Shane Haden
Nadiah Hamzah
Justin Hantz
Tim Harris
Vanessa Hay
Stephen Hays
Richard Hebrank
Joe Henry
Joe Henry
Joe Henry
John Hill
Mildred Hill
Patty Hill
Urs Hirschbiegel
Tom Holler
T W John House
Jinny Howe
Lou Howe
Markus Janner
Brad Jasper
Robert Jean
Sha Johnson
Paul Kahil
Yosuke Kamata
Shauna Kellin
Tara Key
Martin Kirchoff
Michele Lee Kirwan
Pamela Koffler
Sheri Kornhaber
Samantha Kreitzer
Nina Kuhn
Charlie Kulsziski
Jon Kussmaul
Joseph La Corte
Michael Lachowski
Richard Laurenzi
Corey Leavitt
Anya Lebow
Michael Lesser
Michael Lewis
Michael Lewis
George Leyung
Alexis Li
Dave Lieber
Brigitte Liebowitz
Susan Lyall
A. R. Brook Lynn
Chris Mackenzie
Bob Markus
Barbara Marsh
Gary Mccafferty
Matthew J Mccue
Daniel Mcintosh
Cam Mclauchlin
Grant Mclennan
Charles Mcwhoter
Brian Miksis
Michael R Miller
Elizabeth Mitchell
Melody Morgan
Nick Morr
Lyvan Munlyn
Alix Narcisse
Liz Neveu
Dan Nieves
Mathew Noack
Ali Norod
Susan Ogu
Shannon Olivaria
Ben Padua
Joseph Paone
Celia Parker
Gary M Parker
George Pattison
Vincent Pierce
David Piltch
Angel Pina
Angelo Pina
Bryan Place
Steve Podrang
Michael Primmer
Marjorie Maye Pulice
William Quigley
Noelysa Ramos
Moshe Raninowitz
Graham Reams
Aiden Redmond
Nicholas Renbeck
Tania Ribalow
Marc Ribot
Jacob Robinson
Andrew Rogers
Doreen Roman
Madder Rose
Laura Rosenthal
Gioacchino Antonio Rossini
Bradley Rubenstein
Al Rubinstein
Donald Russell
Dean Sabatino
Rebecca Sachs
Sherryl Sachs
Yoshi Sanada
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Fall October 23, 2009
Limited Release in United States October 23, 2009
Released in United States on Video February 23, 2010
Released in United States January 2009
Released in United States October 2009
Shown at Chicago International Film Festival (Opening Night) October 8-22, 2009.
Released in United States Fall October 23, 2009 (L.A., NY, SF, NJ, IL, MA, CT, CHI)
Limited Release in United States October 23, 2009
Released in United States on Video February 23, 2010
Released in United States January 2009 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (Premieres) January 15-25, 2009.)
Released in United States October 2009 (Shown at Chicago International Film Festival (Opening Night) October 8-22, 2009.)