Special Screenings · 46th Edition
Mother's baby
MOTHER'S BABY
Director
Johanna Moder
Country
Austria, Switzerland, Germany
Runtime
1 h 48 min
Language
German
Premiere
MENA premiere (Middle East and North Africa)
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.
Cast
Marie Leuenberger, Hans Löw, Claes Bang, Julia Franz Richter
Screenplay
Johanna Moder, Arne Kohlweyer
Producers
Katrin Renz, Viola Fügen, Michael Weber, Sabine Moser, Oliver Neumann
About the Director
She is an Austrian screenwriter and director. Her debut feature High Performance won the Audience Award at the 2014 Max Ophüls Festival. Once Were Rebels premiered at the Zurich Film Festival, winning the Ecumenical Jury Prize, Best Director at the 2020 Max Ophüls Festival, and the 2020 Thomas Pluch Screenwriting Award.
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