Stephanie collapses in a pool of blood while on a school skiing trip. A doctor discovers that the blood is the after-effects of giving birth. Soon afterward, the body of a newborn baby is found in a toilet, its mouth blocked with toilet paper. Despite Stephanie's insistence that her child was stillborn and that she had no idea that she was pregnant, she is arrested for the murder of the child.
Acting
Tamblyn's vacant devastation meets Swinton's restrained ferocity.
Direction
Brougher refuses easy answers, lets discomfort linger.
Writing
Dialogue that sounds like people hiding from themselves.
Director
Hilary Brougher
Tilda Swinton
Lydie Crane
Amber Tamblyn
Stephanie Daley
Timothy Hutton
Paul
Denis O'Hare
Frank
Jim Gaffigan
Joe Daley
Deirdre O'Connell
Jane
Halley Feiffer
Rhana
Neal Huff
Mr. Thomas
Kel O'Neill
Corey White
John Ellison Conlee
Jack Hutchinson
Vincent Piazza
Geoff
Marceline Hugot
Mrs. Werner
Kaiulani Lee
Pastor
Novella Nelson
Dr. Peterson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Amber Tamblyn was 23 playing 16; she spent weeks researching dissociative disorders and denial pregnancies.
The film sparked renewed debate about 'denial of pregnancy' as a documented psychiatric phenomenon, not mere dramatic device.
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