Melody (2014)
Release Year: 2014
Nation: Belgium, France, Luxembourg
Alternative Title: Melodys Baby
Director: Bernard Bellefroid
Writer: Anne-Louise Trividic, Bernard Bellefroid, Carine Zimmerlin
Production & Genre
Producer: Producer: Claude Waringo, Patrick Quinet
Co-Producer: Gilles Padovani, Serge Zeitoun
Executive Producer: Brigitte Kerger-Santos, Stéphane Quinet
Companies: Artémis Productions, Liaison Cinématographique, Samsa Film
Genre: Drama
Budget: N/A
Awards & Similar
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Keywords
Keywords: baby, bathtub, beach, cancer, death, grandmother, hairdresser, homeless, hospital, locked in, money, needing money, pregnancy, surrogacy, surrogate mother, swimming pool, terminal illness, wig
Story
Melody (28), desiring money to open her dream hairdressing salon, agrees to become a surrogate mother for Emily (48), a wealthy Englishwoman who can no longer have children. Emily welcomes Melody into her home during the pregnancy. Initially from different worlds, they form a maternal bond with Melody finding a mother figure in Emily and Emily seeing a daughter in Melody. The surrogacy process generates unexpected emotions for both women.
Summary
Melody (2014), directed by Bernard Bellefroid, is a Belgian-French-Luxembourg drama about surrogacy and its emotional impacts on the women involved. The film follows Melody, who decides to become a surrogate mother to raise funds for her hairdressing salon dream, and Emily, a wealthy woman who cannot have children. Living together during Melody's pregnancy creates an unexpected maternal bond between them.
