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Baby?

2017 · 12 min

A quiet, small-scale slice of life that sits with the ache of being overlooked, gentle but quietly sad.

Directed by
Mark Prebble
Genres
Drama
Starring
Julie Collis, Marion Prebble, Nisha Madhan
Tagline
Isabelle is determined not to spend her 65th birthday alone
Overview
Isabelle is downsizing in retirement to a row of identical townhouses. It’s her 65th birthday and her first day in her new home but all her neighbours are too consumed in their semi detached bubbles to engage with the eager new resident. Even Isabelle’s daughter is too busy to help Mum move in and doesn’t show for dinner, so it looks like Isabelle’s spending her birthday alone.

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Directed by
Mark Prebble
Genres
Drama
Starring
Julie Collis, Marion Prebble, Nisha Madhan
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • isolation
    • loneliness
    • aging
    • family
    Places
    • suburbs
    • home
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action0
    Horror0
    Humour2
    Realism8
    Romance0
    Tension2
    Darkness4
    Complexity3
    Emotional weight5

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Mark Prebble
    Written by
    Mark Prebble, Marion Prebble
    Starring
    Julie Collis, Marion Prebble, Nisha Madhan
    Cinematography
    Tammy Williams
    Runtime
    12 min
    Languages
    English

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