Baby (II) (2010)

A young woman is followed home by a stranger.

Director:

Daniel Mulloy

Writer:

Daniel Mulloy

Stars:

Arta Dobroshi, Daniel Kaluuya, Etela Pardo

15 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Arta Dobroshi	...	Sara
Daniel Kaluuya	...	Damon
Etela Pardo	...	Mother
Celia Meiras	...	Spanish Woman
Josef Altin	...	Emit
Aymen Hamdouchi	...	Kai
Karina Handem	...	Wife
Amelie Burnell	...	Baby
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
James Powell	...	Young Man
Sarah Winter	...	Patient

Storyline

A young woman is followed home by a stranger.

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Genres:

Short | Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

UK

Language:

English Bosnian

Release Date:

1 April 2011 (USA)

Filming Locations:

North London, London, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

£50,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Sister Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

25 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

User Reviews

Disappointing Short

A Young woman called Sara witnesses a group of youths robbing a woman at the bus stop . She intervenes and one of the robbers makes it clear he wants to go home with her

I should put my cards on the table straight away and state that I'm not a big fan of short films . Often they stand or fall on their pay off and if the plotting isn't right then because of their short running time the flaws of their plotting are more pronounced . In effect most films are " idiot plots " in that if someone stops acting like an idiot then the film will end there and then

This short opens with Sara taking a cocktail of medicinal pills and this ties in with the ending. Between the start and the ending there must be an inciting incident and this takes place when Sara witnesses the robbery . Certainly the female fear of unwanted sexual attention is very pronounced in BABY but after the pay off you'll realise that Damon's sexual interest isn't what the pay off is about - quite the reverse in fact because without a sexual interest the story won't work . But in that case why does Sara act so intimidated?

In many ways this aspect of the film is similar to these cliff-hangers we see in DOCTOR WHO where the Doctor is pleading for his life all terrified that he's going to get executed by that week's villains but at the start of the next episode he magically pushes a button freeing himself . In that case why be terrified ? In many ways Sara's obvious disconcerting mannerism is very similar and lacks an internal logic