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Baby Pyramid

2022 · 87 min

A quietly tense and emotionally raw character study that unsettles with its moral ambiguity and palpable longing.

Directed by
Cecilie McNair
Genres
Drama
Starring
Danica Ćurčić, Carla Philip Røder, Anders Mossling
Overview
Hannah, a young fertility doctor, longs to carry a baby but is struggling to get pregnant herself. After meeting an older patient who is fertile but above the legal age for treatment, Hannah’s ethical and moral boundaries are questioned. Driven by jealousy and powerlessness, how far is she willing to go to make her greatest wish come true?

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Directed by
Cecilie McNair
Genres
Drama
Starring
Danica Ćurčić, Carla Philip Røder, Anders Mossling
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • morality
  • identity
  • parenthood
  • grief
Places
  • workplace
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Genres
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Starring
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Cinematography
Sine Vadstrup Brooker
Runtime
87 min
Country
Denmark
Languages
Danish

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