Cotton Mary
Synopsis
Mary provides a vital lifeline by taking the baby on daily trips to her crippled sister, Blossom, a wet nurse who provides milk for the infant.
The success that Mary has in arranging for the feeding of the baby makes her indispensable to Lily, who offers her a permanent position in her home as a Nanny working with her family. Mary's relationship to the baby and her burgeoning friendship with Lily gives her a unique position to operate.
Mary abuses this relationship, and deviously does everything she can to gain control of the house and achieve the prestige of being both associated with, and of extreme importance to a British family.
Cotton Mary offers a thought provoking insight into the ambitions of an Anglo-Indian woman trapped in a class-ridden, status conscious society.
Details
- Year
- 2000
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 126 mins
- Format
- 35mm Fuji
- Director
-
Ismail Merchant
- Producer
- Paul Bradley
- Executive Producer
- Paul Bradley
- Editor
- John Allen
- Screenwriter
- Alexandra Viets
- Director of Photography
- Pierre Lhomme
- Sound
- Giovanni Desimone
- Composer
- Richard Robbins
- Principal cast
- Greta Scacchi, Madhur Jaffrey, James Wilby
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Merchant Ivory Productions
Contact: Paul Bradley46 Lexington St
London W1R 3LH
UK
T 020 7437 1200/ 020 7439 4335
miplondon@merchantivory.demon.co.uk
Sales Company
Universal
Universal Studios100 Universal Plaza
Universal City
CA 91608
USA
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