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Spoiler, obviously: Postpartum depression-cum-psychosis -- she thinks she buried the doll but actually it was her very living (at the time), very real baby girl she'd buried.
Mar 20, 2007 · First Born: Directed by Isaac Webb. With Elisabeth Shue, Steven Mackintosh, Kathleen Chalfant, Khandi Alexander. A pregnant couple buys a mansion and moves out of NYC. Strange things start happening to the C-sectioned, anxious, new mom.
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- Drama, Horror, Mystery
- Isaac Webb
- 2007-03-20
Cooper75 7 April 2007. Warning: Spoilers. Laura, a New York City based dancer (Shue) falls pregnant and relocates with her husband to an isolated house in the country. After the child is born, a series of mysterious events conspire to test her abilities as a new mother.
First Born is a 2007 American drama film directed by Isaac Webb. Plot. Laura is an artistic dancer married to a wealthy businessman in New York City. She suspects she is pregnant after she gets sick after a dancing performance. She takes the subway home, and while she is on the subway she sees a young woman sitting across from her holding a baby.
- Isaac Webb
- Rick SchwartzLemore Syvan
- Virtual Films
- Elisabeth ShueSteven Mackintosh
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Sep 10, 2020 · Isaac Webb's 2007 film 'First Born' explores the trauma of postpartum depression and the loss of self in motherhood.
Firstborn (titled Moving In in Europe) is a 1984 American drama film starring Teri Garr, Peter Weller, Corey Haim (in his film debut), Sarah Jessica Parker, Robert Downey Jr., and Christopher Collet. It was filmed in New Jersey and New York State. It was released on DVD and Blu-ray on July 31, 2012.
Like many new mothers, Elisabeth Shue's character is all-but abandoned by her workaholic husband, distant mother and apathetic doctor as soon as her baby is born. As viewers, it becomes clear early on that she is suffering and needs help.
