A baby is born. The parents must choose: son or daughter? The clock is ticking.
When Aśka's child is born, she does not expect that she will have to face difficult challenges. She has to decide whether to raise a son or a daughter. At the time of birth, the titular newborn has biological features of both sexes, and the parents are to determine which of them will be surgically eliminated.
Acting
Wasilewska's silent breakdown in the corridor.
Direction
Grajcewicz shoots birth like a procedural thriller.
Writing
Every question the doctor asks is a trap.
Director
Zuzanna Grajcewicz
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Polish cinema has a brutal tradition of maternal sacrifice—Grajcewicz updates it for the gender discourse era. The film premiered at Kraków Film Festival 2022.
The runtime is deliberate: 20 minutes mirrors the window hospitals often give parents for 'corrective' intersex surgery decisions. The pressure is the point.
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