The Lullaby

Overview

Returning to her home town, overwhelmed by the birth of her firstborn, nineteen-year-old Chloe van Heerden tries to come to terms with motherhood. Despite the support from her own mother, Chloe struggles with the demands of caring for a newborn child. The incessant crying of her baby, the growing sense of guilt and paranoia send her into a dark depression. With a heightened urge to protect her son, she sees danger everywhere.

Cast

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  Reine Swart

  Chloe van Heerden

• Deanre Reiners

  Adam Hess

• 

  Thandi Puren

  Ruby van Heerden

• 

  Brandon Auret

  Dr. Timothy Reed

• 

  Dorothy Ann Gould

  Midwife

• Shayla-Rae McFarlane

  Young Chloe

• Eckardt Spies

  Baby Liam

• Amjoné Spies

  Baby Liam

• Samuel Frauenstein

  Truck driver

• Briony Horwitz

  Nurse 1

• Anne-Marie Ellis

  Nurse 2

• Lara de Villiers

  Boer mother

Crew

Director

Darrell James Roodt

Writer

Tarryn-Tanille Prinsloo

Cinematography

Justus de Jager

Music

Alun Richards