
Original Title: De Gelukkige Huisvrouw
Director:
Antoinette Beumer
Netherlands
Dutch with subtitles
100 min.
New Directors Competition
ReelWomen
Synopsis:
Carice van Houten (Black Book) stars as Lea, a career woman who finally agrees with her husband to have a child. But their idyllic life is shattered when the baby’s arrival triggers severe postpartum depression and reopens buried psychological wounds in Lea. Institutionalized and distrusted by her husband, Lea struggles to exorcise her demons and reclaim her old happiness in this pathos-filled drama.
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