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Mother's Baby

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40-year-old Julia, a successful conductor, and her partner Georg are longing for a child when Dr. Vilfort offers them hope. Julia becomes pregnant after successful treatment at the fertility doctor’s clinic. The birth does not go as planned and the baby is immediately taken away, leaving Julia in the dark about what has happened. When finally reunited with the child, Julia feels strangely distant. She begins to doubt whether it is really her child.

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David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter Mother’s Baby is juicy, disturbing and slashed with dark humor. It had me gripped for the duration, even at its loopiest. Feb 22, 2025 Full Review Jonathan Romney Screen International Very much rooted in real-world issues that many viewers will surely recognise, the film feels meticulously calibrated in its emotional complexity and centres on a riveting performance from Marie Leuenberger, affecting and deeply upsetting in turns. Feb 19, 2025 Full Review Nicholas Bell IONCINEMA.com Hasn’t this been done to death? A suitably paranoia primed lead performance from Marie Leuenberger can’t get around the script’s familiar beats, which also feed us details making everything seem too obvious for any real tension to build. Rated: 2/5 Feb 19, 2025 Full Review Stephanie Bunbury Deadline Hollywood Daily The most viscerally ghastly evocation of new parenthood we’ve seen since Eraserhead. Feb 19, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews

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Synopsis 40-year-old Julia, a successful conductor, and her partner Georg are longing for a child when Dr. Vilfort offers them hope. Julia becomes pregnant after successful treatment at the fertility doctor’s clinic. The birth does not go as planned and the baby is immediately taken away, leaving Julia in the dark about what has happened. When finally reunited with the child, Julia feels strangely distant. She begins to doubt whether it is really her child.
Director
Johanna Moder
Producer
Sabine Moser, Oliver Neumann
Screenwriter
Johanna Moder, Arne Kohlweyer
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
German
Runtime
1h 48m