There’s a real home birth depicted in “Alia’s Birth,” but most everything else about Egyptian American writer-director Sam Abbas’ film is excessively mannered and oblique. An indie that, lacking an actual narrative or characters, asks viewers to parse meaning from subtle formal and storytelling clues, this off-the-beaten-path effort — nominally about a lesbian couple whose relationship becomes strained over the course of a night — when it debuts in theaters and on VOD on Aug. 27.
The finale of “Alia’s Birth” is the aforementioned childbirth, which takes place in an inflatable pool situated in the living room of a New York City apartment. The couple about to bring an infant into the world aren’t identified, nor are the two doulas tending to the expectant mother, who suffers through some labor pains and then makes the final push and bears a baby son, whose immediate silence requires some quick professional intervention.
The finale of “Alia’s Birth” is the aforementioned childbirth, which takes place in an inflatable pool situated in the living room of a New York City apartment. The couple about to bring an infant into the world aren’t identified, nor are the two doulas tending to the expectant mother, who suffers through some labor pains and then makes the final push and bears a baby son, whose immediate silence requires some quick professional intervention.
- 8/26/2021
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- Variety Film + TV
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