Be My Baby
★ 4.8 · 2014 · 101m · Drama
Be My Baby "tells the story of Nicole, a confident young woman with Down syndrome who wants to have a boyfriend, get married, have a baby, and just be normal, grew up with neighborhood boy Nick, and as children, they've planned Nick is 15 and wants to be cool, but he is an outsider and constantly under pressure to satisfy everyone, Nicole si of all people, makes him special and gives him what he secretly desires : unconditional love and affection Nicole 's direct and honest nature contrasts with her environment in which all deny their true feelings and become entangled in their "quite normal" abysses.When Nicole expects Nick to have a baby, the openness and tolerance of Families put to the test - a race against sterilization, abortion and deadlocked views and the right to self-determination - a young woman with Down-Sy ndrom.
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