Mother's Baby

Julia, a conductor, and her partner Georg use an experimental fertility procedure at a private clinic to conceive a child. Following a traumatic birth, medical staff immediately remove the newborn for urgent treatment. When the baby is eventually returned to them, Julia feels a strange sense of detachment and grows suspicious of the infant's identity. As she struggles with the feeling that the child is a stranger, her marriage begins to strain under the weight of her doubts and the insistence of doctors and family that everything is normal.

This horror thriller was directed by Johanna Moder, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Arne Kohlweyer. It is the third film in Moder's directing career, following Zeit zu beten - Ein Krimi aus Passau and Ewig Dein. The movie stars Marie Leuenberger, Hans Löw, and Claes Bang, with a credited cast of 22. Produced in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland by companies including ORF and The Match Factory, the film has a runtime of 108 minutes. Audiences have given the movie a moderate reception, with a rating of 6.4/10 on IMDb based on 412 votes and a lower score of 5.5/10 on TMDB from 8 votes.