The relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance.
Acting
Driver's helpless desperation vs. Rohrwacher's terrifying conviction.
Direction
Costanzo turns domestic spaces into claustrophobic prisons.
Sound
The baby's cries weaponized as sonic warfare.
Director
Saverio Costanzo
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Driver and Rohrwacher were so committed to the psychological intensity that they reportedly didn't speak between takes during the most brutal scenes.
Costanzo cited Rosemary's Baby as influence — but where Polanski externalized evil, this film locates horror in the supposedly sacred bond between mother and child.
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