Mary and Martha (2013)
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Two mothers lose their sons to malaria.
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.
- Released: 2013-03-01
- Genres: Drama, TV Movie
- Runtime: 1h 30m
- Status: Released
- TMDB rating: 6.3/10 from 85 votes
Directed by Phillip Noyce.
Top cast
- Hilary Swank as Mary
- Brenda Blethyn as Martha
- Sam Claflin as Ben
- Frank Grillo as Peter
- James Woods as Mary's Father
- Adam Neill as Teacher
- Stephen Jennings as Principal
- Chandler McIntyre as Hannah
- Stephanie Faracy as Head of Committee
- Melissa Ponzio as Alice
Where to watch Mary and Martha
- United States: stream on HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Canada: stream on Crave, Crave Amazon Channel; rent on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
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