On a winter's day, a woman stretches near a window then sits in a bathtub of water. She's happy. Her lover is nearby; there are close ups of her face, her pregnant belly, and his hands caressing her. She gives birth: we see the crowning of the baby's head, then the birth itself; we watch a pair of hands tie off and cut the umbilical cord. With the help of the attending hands, the mother expels the placenta. The infant, a baby girl, nurses. We return from time to time to the bath scene. By the end, dad's excited; mother and daughter rest.
Directed by Stan Brakhage
home movie footage
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
4.0 / 5
Cast
Jane Wodening
Self (uncredited)
Stan Brakhage
Self (uncredited)
Crew
Stan Brakhage
Director
Stan Brakhage
Editor
Stan Brakhage
Director of Photography
Popular Reviews
42 reviews
MopudPRO
8.0★ · 03/22/26
12 minutes and I started thinking about everything my mom went through
12 minutes and I started thinking about everything my mom went through
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NYMPH
couldn't come up with anything not pretentious, this was beautiful and ugly in the best ways possible.
couldn't come up with anything not pretentious, this was beautiful and ugly in the best ways possible.