Another one...

Thanks to Tanya Lieberman of the Motherwear Breastfeeding blog for alerting me to another recent breastfeeding sighting in a Hollywood movie -- "The Women" (USA, 2008), with a star-studded cast including Meg Ryan, Annette Bening, Eva Mended, Debra Messing, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Bette Midler, Candice Bergen and Carrie Fisher.

Breastfeeding in Movies - recent additions

I've added a few new ones to the list:

My Best Friend's Girl

Four Christmases

Grace

Savage Grace

Reel Milk in Blog-land!

I have enjoyed hearing from many over the last couple of weeks and learning of your interest in this project and want to keep you "abreast" of the latest developments...

"Reel Milk" has begun to make its way into the wide world of blogs:

The Huffington Post

The Well Mom

Picket Fence Post

Writer Mom

News Media Magazine

The Boob Lady's Blog

Baby Fingers

One Hand Clapping

Medications and More Newsletter from Hale Publishing (ibreastfeeding.com)

Amazon.com

Mothering Magazine discussion boards

Motherwear blog (podcast interview)

I have included a "comment" function below so that we can start a dialogue...

Looking forward to hearing from you,

Sarah

International Films

Following is a list I have compiled of films from around the world that somehow depict or discuss breastfeeding. Films I have not seen yet are in orange, so again there is no guarantee that they belong on this list. Thise in italics depict nursing animals, not humans. Underlined titles are linked to the Internet Movie Database (IMDB):

US-made, English-language films set in other countries:

Clash of the Titans (1981, USA - set in ancient Greece/Rome)

In the Time of the Butterflies (2000, USA - set in Dominican Republic)

Girl With a Pearl Earring (2003, USA - set in Holland)

Good Morning, Vietnam (1987, USA - set in Vietnam)

Last Emperor, The (1987, USA - set in China)

Marie Antoinette (2006, USA - made and set in France)

Mighty Heart, A (2007, USA - set in Pakistan)

Original Sin (2000, USA - set in Cuba, Morocco)

Peacemaker, The (1997, USA - set in Bosnia, USA)

Rules of Engagement (2000, USA - set in Yemen, USA)

Savior (1997, USA - set in Serbia, France)

Spartacus (1960, USA - set in ancient Rome)

Total Eclipse (1995, USA - set in France)

Turistas (2006, USA - set in Brazil)

The Wild Bunch (1969, USA - set in Mexico)

International Films (*= English language films):

* A Clockwork Orange (1971, UK)

Aksharaya (2005, India - Hindi)

Amator (1979, Poland)

* Anna Karenina (1948, UK)

At the Breast/Gatas Sa Dibdib Ng Kaaway (2001, Phillipines)

Barefoot Gen/Hadashi No Gen (1983, Japan)

Betty Blue/37°2 le matin (1986, France)

Black Moon (1975, France)

Burial Ground/Notti del Terrore (1981, Italy)

Carnival in Flanders/Kermesse héroïque, La (1935, France)

* Constant Gardener, The (2005, UK - set in UK, Kenya)

* Cotton Mary (1999, India/UK)

* Dreaming Lhasa (2005, India/Tibet)

Doodh Ka Karz (1990, India -Hindi)

Emigrants, The (Sweden)

* Excalibur (1981, UK)

Everybody's Fine/Stanno Tutti Bene (1990, Italy)

* Friends (1971, UK)

Friends for Life/Freundinnen fürs Leben (1996, Germany)

Germinal (1993, France)

* Ghost Son (2006, South Africa)

Going Places/Les Valseuses (1974, France)

Gratis (Phillipines)

* Hard Word, The (2002, AUS/UK)

Harry's Daughters/Harrys Döttrar (2005, Sweden)

Helga - Vom Werden des menschlichen Lebens (1967, Germany)

* House of Voices/Saint Ange (2004, France)

Hungarian Fairy Tale/Hol volt, hol nem volt (1987, Hungary)

I am Dina (2002, Norway)

* Jindabyne (2006, Australia)

Ju Dou (1990, China)

Kanhai de Rizi (1983, Taiwan)

Khal Naaikaa (1993, India - Hindi)

Komissar (1967, Russia)

* Last Days of Chez Nous, The (1992, Australia)

* Legend of 1900/Leggenda del pianista sull'oceano, La (1999, Italy - set in USA)

*Let's Talk (2002, India - English)

Like Water for Chocolate/Como Agua Para Chocolate (1993, Mexico)
Little Saints/Santitos (1999, Mexico)

Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (Japan)
Mad Love/Juana La Loca (2001, Spain)

Tum Aur Main (1946, India)

Matritto (Bangladesh)

Matritya (India)

Milky Way, The (1981)

* Millions (Ireland)

Munthanai Mudichu (1984, India - Tamil)

My Father's Glory/Gloire de mon père, La (1990, France)
Nanny, The/La Balia (1999, Italy)

Nippon Konchuki (1963, Japan)

La Nourrice (2004, France)

Lady Chatterley (2006, France)

Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (1988, Italy)

* O Lucky Man (1973, UK)

* On the Old Roman Road (2001 - Armenia/Germany/Netherlands)

Ossos (1997, Portugal)

Passion de Jeanne d'Arc, La (1928, Denmark)

Parvarish/Upbringing (1977, India - Hindi)

Passion of Beatrice, The/Passion Béatrice, La (1987, France)

Piacare, Il (1985, Italy)

Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco (1981, Brazil)

Ram teri Ganga Maili (1985, India)

Rembrandt

Rising: Ballad of Mangal Pandey, The (2005, India)

* Romeo and Juliet (1968, Italy)

Smilla's Sense of Snow (20o3, New Zealand - set in NZ, Greenland)

Snapper, The (1993, Ireland)

* Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie (1999, Japan - also released in English in USA)

Story of the Weeping Camel, The (2003, Mongolia)

Sunday's Children/Sondagsbarn (1992, Sweden)

Sorceress (1995, USA)

* Sweet Hereafter, The (Canada)

Tampopo (1985, Japan)

Tango (1981, Poland - animated short)

* The Tempest (1980, UK)

Tess (1980 UK/France)

Time to Leave/Le Temps qui reste (2005, France)

Tokyo Godfathers (Japan)

Tongpan (Thailand)

* Tsotsi (2005, South Africa)

Tunnel, Der (2001, Germany)

* Twelfth Night (1996, UK)

U Pana Boga w ogrodoku (2007, Poland)

Vie Sexuelle des Belges 1950-1978, La (1994, Belgium - French)

Visitor Q/Bijitâ Q (2001, Japan)

* The Wicker Man (1973, UK)

* Zardoz (1974, UK/Ireland)

US Films

Following is a list of films made and set in the US that show, mention, or somehow refer to breastfeeding or breastmilk. I have not seen those in orange text yet, so cannot guarantee that they belong. Those in italics depict nursing animals, not humans. My intention is to exclude pornographic material from the lists, but since I have not seen all movies on the list, I cannot guarantee the content of all films. Underlined titles are linked to the Internet Movie Database (IMDB):

Above the Law (1988, USA)

Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights (2002, USA)

Angie (1994, USA)

Baby Mama (2008, USA)

Beastmaster, The (1982, USA)

Beloved (1998, USA)

Betsy, The (1978, USA)

Blue Lagoon, The (1980, USA)

Charlotte's Web (1973, USA - animated)

Charlotte's Web (2006, USA - live action)

Child Under a Leaf (1974, USA)

Cold Mountain (2003, USA)

Crossing Delancey (1988, USA)

Daddy Day Care (2003, USA)

Don Juan DeMarco (1995, USA)

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask (1971, USA)

Ex, The (2006, USA)

Fantasia (1940, USA)

Flirting With Disaster (1996, USA)

For Keeps? (1987, USA)
Four Christmases (2008, USA)
Grace (2009, USA)

Group, The (1966, USA)

Hand that Rocks the Cradle, The (1991, USA)

Hills Have Eyes, The (2005, USA)

Human Nature (2001, USA)

I (Heart) Huckabees (2004, USA)

Impostor (2001, USA)

Informant, The (1997, USA)

Jenny (1970, USA)

Joshua (2007, USA)

Juno (2007, USA)

Kids (1995, USA)

King of the Gypsies (1978, USA)

Knocked Up (2007, USA)

Little Man (2006, USA)

Look Who's Talking (1989, USA)

Losing Isaiah (1995, USA)

Loverboy (2005, USA)

Mayor of Hell, The (1933, USA)

Maze (2001, USA)

Me, Myself and Irene (2004, USA)
Meet the Fockers (2004, USA)
Meet the Parents (2000, USA)

My Baby's Daddy (2003, USA)

My Best Friend's Girl (2008, USA)

Paint Your Wagon (1968, USA)

Pretty Baby (1978, USA)

Price Above Rubies, A (1998, USA)

Raising Arizona (1987, USA)

Return of the Secaucus Seven (1981, USA)

Ride With the Devil (1999, USA)

Rosemary's Baby (1968, USA)

Savage Grace (2007, USA)

Scarlet Letter, The (1995, USA)

She's Having a Baby (1988, USA)

Shoot 'Em Up (2007, USA)

Silence of the Lambs (1991, USA)

Slaughterhouse-Five (1972, USA)

Stephen King's Sleepwalkers (1992, USA)

Superbad (2007, USA)

Sweet Home Alabama (2002, USA)

Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974, USA)

The Girl Can't Help It (1956, USA)

Then She Found Me (2007, USA)

Thieves (1977, USA)

Titanic, The (1997, USA)

Tomcats (2001, USA)

Training Day (2001, USA)

Unborn, The (1991, USA)

V for Vendetta (2005, USA)

Who's Your Caddy? (2007, USA)