This film contains highly sensitive themes revolving around postpartum despair and infant loss. The producers intend this film to be handled with the utmost sensitivity, taste, and professionalism on a closed set, with minimal crew.
Primary photography will be of Mother breast-feeding Baby; Mother will need to be comfortable with close up shots of her breast(s).
Synopsis: A haunting and visually stunning psychological drama about the secret fractures of motherhood. The story centres on a woman engulfed by quiet desperation as she cradles her unwanted infant.
In a world of soft textures and heavy shadows, she carries out a grim, premeditated decision to free them both, offering her child a fatal, honeyed comfort.
Driven entirely by a haunting voice-over and a powerful, non-speaking physical performance, the film is an intimate, tasteful, and deeply sombre character study of a mother committing the ultimate taboo.
Written by retired psychotherapist, Carole Kelly, ‘A Sweet Farewell’ was written as a fictional short story. It’s due to be published in WATG Press, in December 2026 Bryan Cutts, director (and Carole’s husband), is transfixed by the power and deep sadness of the narration.
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