Two Mothers

Katja and Isabella want a child together - but the practical, legal and emotional hurdles threaten to drive this lesbian couple apart. They discover that most sperm banks do not accept same-sex couples. While searching for alternatives, Katja gradually realizes that Isa's burning desire to have children is a threat to their relationship. "Two Mothers is a movie about the absurdity of the system. A desire to have children, which often welds heterosexual couples together, puts this relationship to the test." (Sooner curator Alina Yklymova) "Unflinching, timely and heartbreaking, Two Mothers is an intense examination of the trials and tribulations faced by a same-sex couple in their desire to become loving parents." (tlareleasing.com)

Keywords

  • Alina Yklymova
  • Award Winning
  • Creatives: Debut Films
  • Made in Germany
  • Next Generation: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
  • Queerness: Living Out Loud
  • Storyline: Queer Love
  • True Story
  • civil society
  • conflict
  • family
  • women

Actors

  • Karina Plachetka
  • Sabine Wolf
  • Florian Weber
  • Maarten Van Santen
  • Tilmann A. Müller

Director

  • Anne Zohra Berrached

Drama, Queer


1h 15min


12 FSK

DE


EN

Germany
2013
Katja and Isabella want a child together - but the practical, legal and emotional hurdles threaten to drive the couple apart.

Katja and Isabella want a child together - but the practical, legal and emotional hurdles threaten to drive the couple apart.


Katja and Isabella want a child together - but the practical, legal and emotional hurdles threaten to drive this lesbian couple apart. They discover that most sperm banks do not accept same-sex couples. While searching for alternatives, Katja gradually realizes that Isa's burning desire to have children is a threat to their relationship.


"Two Mothers is a movie about the absurdity of the system. A desire to have children, which often welds heterosexual couples together, puts this relationship to the test." (Sooner curator Alina Yklymova)


"Unflinching, timely and heartbreaking, Two Mothers is an intense examination of the trials and tribulations faced by a same-sex couple in their desire to become loving parents." (tlareleasing.com)

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