Fifteen minutes that'll wreck your whole day — in the best, most necessary way.
A childless woman is told that her longed for unborn baby is incompatible with life. Alone, with her conscience and unable to openly discuss her situation because of society’s stigma surrounding termination and the self- silencing of women concerning reproduction, she painfully decides the best way forward.
Acting
Hayley Jayne Standing's face does ALL the talking.
Direction
Peake knows exactly when to cut away.
Director
Maxine Peake
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released post-Roe v. Wade overturn, this British short landed with horrifying transatlantic resonance.
Peake cast two actors as Annie — Standing for the present, Henry for memory/imagined futures — a choice you only notice on rewatch.
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