2016 · drama · thriller · music
When the Bough Breaks
Directed by Jon Cassar1h 37m2016
A surrogate mother harbors a deadly secret desire for a family of her own with the husband who is expecting to raise her child.
Our read: When the Bough Breaks (2016) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded drama · thriller · music entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured drama / thriller, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, cold.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
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