13 minutes. One mother. Two faces. Which Lynn will show up today?
Just like the Roman God Ianus, young mother Lynn has to cope with two contrasting poles within herself that are torn between her old freedom and new responsibilities.
Acting
Gaffron's silent duality — two women in one body
Direction
Schulz frames motherhood as psychological horror
Cinematography
Tight close-ups that refuse to let you breathe
Director
Victoria Schulz
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title references Janus as gatekeeper of transitions — Schulz weaponizes this against the 'natural' narrative of maternal bliss.
Released during Germany's reckoning with untreated postpartum mental health, the film was quietly screened at parent-baby cinemas to uncomfortable silence.
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