Midwives 22 years old

She helps bring life into this world. Now she needs help with her own.

It's a cold and stormy night, and in a house in rural Vermont, midwife Sibyl Danforth is, together with the father and an assistant, in the middle of a homebirth. As time passes, the woman in labor meets with difficulties and Sibyl concludes that it would be preferable for the woman to deliver her baby in the hospital. Though a dead telephone line and bad weather prevents Sibyl from going anywhere. Black ice and a persisten snowstorm makes transportation an impossibility. Early in the morning, the woman dies from what they believe to be a stroke and in all the chaos, Sibyl promptly decides to do a C-section to save the baby. The baby survives, but the mother is dead and tragedy is obvious. Yet, it's only going to get worse for Sibyl as her assistant is certain that the woman was still alive when Sibyl performed the C-section. Sibyl is charged with manslaughter, brought before the court and her life is and will forever be changed.

Credits

Midwives Cast

Name Character
Sissy Spacek She was 51, now 74 years old as Sibyl Danforth
Peter Dvorský He was 49, now 72 years old
Alison Pill She was 15, now 38 years old as Constance 'Connie' Danforth
Peter Coyote He was 59, now 82 years old as Stephen Hastings
Piper Laurie She was 69, now 92 years old as Cheryl Visco
Terry Kinney He was 47, now 70 years old as Rand Danforth
Elva Mai Hoover as OB Gym Doctor
Paul Hecht He was 59, now 82 years old
Bruce McFee He was 40, now 63 years old as Tuttle
Murray Oliver He was 63, 77 years old when he died as Caleb Purington
Cliff Saunders as Asa Bedford
Danielle Bouffard as Hannah Purington

Midwives Crew

Name Department
Neil Roach as Director of Photography. Camera
Robin D. Cook as Casting. Production
David A. Simmons as Editor. Editing
Cameron Allan as Original Music Composer. He was 45 (57) years old when He died Sound
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Midwives (22 years)

She helps bring life into this world. Now she needs help with her own.

  • Release day: Monday, April 02, 2001
  • Runtime: 92 minutes