The Gift of Life
Genres
Overview
A young woman is faced with local disapproval and strain on her marriage when she agrees to serve as a surrogate mother.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
120 min
Release Date
1982-03-15
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
0
Vote Average
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Susan Dey
Joleen Sutton
Paul Le Mat
Dwayne Sutton
Cassie Yates
Louise Rutledge
Caroline McWilliams
Clair Danhaus
Priscilla Pointer
Rosalee Boyer
Art Lund
John Boyer
Michael Alldredge
Carl
Edward Herrmann
Dr. Quinn
Grainger Hines
Cal
Lois Foraker
Myra
Drew Snyder
Ronnie
Sam Weisman
Resident Physician
Rod Gist
Oscar
Laurence Haddon
Gov. Peerce
Rose Arrick
Jeanna Barron
Melanie Gaffin
Doug Hale
Joel Holman
Hettie Lynne Hurtes
Robert Jayne
Karen Landry
Todd London
Roz McHenry
Jan as roz roseman
Lainie Miller
Gavin Mooney
F.J. O'Neil
TV Host
Patrick Puccinelli
Cynthia Steele
Lincoln Tate
Barbara Townsend
Lynne Warfel
Sharon Madden
Charlotte
John Trotter
Ray Singer
Harrold Fry
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Two criminal drifters without sympathy get more than they bargained for after kidnapping and holding for ransom the surrogate mother of a powerful and shady man.
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6.2
The Handmaid's Tale
In a dystopian, polluted right-wing religious tyranny, a young woman is put in sexual slavery on account of her now rare fertility.
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6.4
Losing Isaiah
Khaila Richards, a crack-addicted single mother, accidentally leaves her baby in a dumpster while high and returns the next day in a panic to find he is missing. In reality, the baby has been adopted by a warm-hearted social worker, Margaret Lewin, and her husband, Charles. Years later, Khaila has gone through rehab and holds a steady job. After learning that her child is still alive, she challenges Margaret for the custody.
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2.0
Baby Steps
A year after the death of their beloved Lily, Beau and Caden learn that she froze some of her eggs and they must decide whether they are ready to take the next step in their relationship and become parents.
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0.0
Bassima's Womb
When her illegal husband is deported from Canada, Bassima, a young Syrian woman, finds herself in a difficult situation, both socially and financially. Desperately looking for a way to bring her husband back, she agrees to become a surrogate mother in exchange for a false passport for him. However, she soon finds out that she is already pregnant and must give up her own child.
2024-11-23 | fr
3.7
Sorority Surrogate
A surrogate mother faces an uncertain future when the couple who hires her dies in an accident.
2014-03-22 | en
6.3
The Baby
Joseph learns that his son and his companion have just perished in an accident. They were expecting a child via a surrogate mother in Belgium. What will become of their future baby? Is Joseph the legitimate grandfather? Carried by the promise of this birth which will prolong the existence of his son, the sexagenarian goes to meet the young Flemish woman with a fierce and indomitable character.
2023-09-20 | fr
6.4
Together Together
When young loner Anna is hired as the surrogate for Matt, a single man in his 40s, the two strangers come to realize this unexpected relationship will quickly challenge their perceptions of connection, boundaries and the particulars of love.
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5.8
Melody
Melody, 28 years old, a confused child born under the name X, decides to rent out her body in order to get the money she needs to realize her dream: opening a hair-dressing salon. To do so, she accepts to carry the child of Emily, a rich English woman 48 years old who can no longer have children. To make sure everything goes well and keep an eye on her future child, Emily decides to welcome Melody into her home and stay by her side throughout the pregnancy. Although they first appear to come from completely different worlds, the two women end up adopting each other: Melody finds in Emily the mother she never had, and Emily sees in Melody the daughter she always wanted to have. Evidently, the bonds that emerge during this double maternity create all sorts of doubts and questions.
2014-08-23 | fr
3.5
The Donor
A man falls in love with the surrogate who is carrying his child.
2001-04-13 | en
5.9
Unhook the Stars
Widowed mother Mildred must suddenly redefine herself and find an outlet for her nurturing side when her adult daughter moves out of the family home. Though Mildred thinks she's found her purpose when her neighbor, overworked single mother Monica, asks her to look after her little boy, she has great difficulty learning to strike a healthy balance between giving selflessly to others and remembering to take care of herself.
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5.5
Mein Kind
A couple, wants to realize their dream of having a child with a Ukrainian surrogate mother - and then the war comes.
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4.7
Baby Steps
Danny, a Taiwanese-American man, and his partner Tate want to have a baby, but the complex world of international surrogacy is further complicated by Danny's well-meaning but extremely meddlesome mother.
2015-05-08 | zh
5.8
Diane Has the Right Shape
Diane doesn't hesitate for a moment when her best friends, Thomas and Jacques, ask her to be their surrogate mother. It is in these hardly ideal circumstances that she becomes infatuated with Fabrizio.
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6.8
Mimi
An aspiring actress in a small town in Rajasthan agrees to bear a child for a visiting couple seeking a surrogate mother, but her experience takes an unexpected turn when they refuse to have the child anymore.
2021-07-26 | hi
5.9
When the Bough Breaks
A surrogate mother harbors a deadly secret desire for a family of her own with the husband who is expecting to raise her child.
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5.7
The Rival
When Alice loses her baby in an act of violence, she learns she cannot have children on her own. She and her husband are overjoyed when they find a surrogate to give them the baby they've always wanted. But Alice's happiness soon turns to jealousy and a deadly rage, causing her to stop at nothing to get her baby.
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6.2
The Baby Maker
Tish Gray had a baby and gave it up for adoption. She is contacted by a second childless couple who want her to have the husband's baby because of the wife's inability to have children. She accepts but finds that knowing the parents, and developing a relationship with them for the entire pregnancy complicates the simple arrangement.
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6.2
The Baby Swindler
Before the death of her husband, Susie froze an embryo. Surrogate Lorna agrees to carry the child to help Susie. Danger begins to follow Susie and when Lorna disappears, she'll do all she can to save the life of her unborn child.
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5.6
Shelley
Louise and Kasper want to become parents, but Louise cannot have children. She seals a pact with her Romanian maid, Elena, to bear her child, but things don't turn out quite as planned...
2016-02-14 | da