Birth

Film program, US 2024, 120 min., engl. OV + engl. UT

By: Bree Mills

With: Casey Calvert, Seth Gamble, Leana Lovings

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For the first time since 2019, Bree Mills returns with an acclaimed and daring feature that redefines high-budget porn. As Laura (Casey Calvert) and her husband Matthew (Seth Gamble) attempt to have a baby, Laura’s discovery of motherhood descends into a nightmare of emotional turmoil. When a doula (Leana Lovings) enters the picture, control over Laura’s mariage and body slowly starts to slip away.

By confronting the taboo of pregnancy in porn, Mills blends medical and sexual intimacy and crafts, with simplicty and a A* cast, a raw, unsettling vision of what mainstream adult cinema can truly become.

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