A new father navigates a bleak industrial world and the unsettling cries of his mutant offspring.
Surreal. A full-attention watch that takes its time. Emotionally it is devastating.
Streaming on Max, Fandango at Home (free), YouTube (free), Plex (free) and Tubi (free).
There is no US rating to lean on, so here is what we tagged: moderate sex and nudity.
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First-time father Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.
It leaves the ending open to interpretation.
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