Baby?

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...
New Zealand Production
Short 2017 Drama 12.00 minutes
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Isabelle is determined not to spend her 65th birthday alone. When her daughter doesn't turn up for dinner, Isabelle invites herself into the home of her new neighbour, Leisha. Once inside and eating cake, Isabelle soon discovers that this young woman has recently lost her baby to cot death. When Isabelle's prying triggers a nervous breakdown in Leisha, she helps her in a way nobody else can.

Directors

Mark Prebble

Producers

Ruby Reihana Wilson
Mark Prebble
Marion Prebble

Screenplay Writers

Mark Prebble
Marion Prebble

Cast

Julie Collis
Isabelle
Marion Prebble
Leisha
Nisha Madhan
Samiksha

Crew

Tammy Williams | DOP
Jane Bucknell | Production Designer

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