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Catherine Deneuve drew praise from Variety for her "fearless turn as a boozing, ailing wreck" in this film written and directed by Martin Provost. Catherine Frot plays an uptight midwife who forms an unlikely friendship with the free-wheeling, estranged mistress of her late father (Deneuve). Screen Daily has called the two actors "consummate performers who inhabit their diametrically opposed characters with satisfying élan".
《助产士》由马丁•波渥斯担任编剧及导演，《综艺》杂志称赞凯瑟琳•德纳芙“挑战一个嗜酒贪杯、境况不佳、身体虚弱的角色很有勇气”。凯瑟琳•弗洛扮演一名焦虑的助产士，她和自己已故父亲曾经的情妇（德纳芙饰）建立起不可思议的友谊，德纳芙是个自由放纵的女人。《银幕日报》称，这两位演员“用精湛的演技将两个截然相反的角色演绎得淋漓尽致。”