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Why Slovakian Prison Drama ‘107 Mothers’ Opens With a Real Childbirth (Video)

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“107 Mothers,” Slovakia’s submission into the Best International Feature Oscars race, is a fictionalized story about a Ukrainian women’s prison but features real prisoners with real stories.

And to drill that point home, the film even opens with footage from a real childbirth. “It was important to open the film with a real birth because everything we are showing to the audience is real.

It’s not done in a studio. It’s real stories of real people,” director Peter Kerekes told TheWrap’s Joe McGovern as part of our awards Screening Series on Monday. “From the first moment when you see the real baby coming into the real world, you know, okay, this director is not faking anything.

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