ALMA BONITA (BEAUTIFUL SOUL)

This documentary discusses the way in which our children are born nowadays in Greece. The film puts forward the view that labor and pregnancy are experiences of self-knowledge and that Greek women are deprived of that experience because labor in Greece is dealt with as a purely medical procedure. The central narrative axis is formed by mothers talking about and describing their labor. These narrations provoke discussions with doctors, midwives, psychiatrists, etc., about disputable medical practices and matters, while also posing questions about our global civilization and Greek mentality and culture. Among others, we interview famous researcher Dr Michel Odent, whom we meet in London. More than a medical documentary, this film is a human conversation about labor, full of wisdom, humor, revelations and emotions.