On a winter's day, a woman stretches near a window then sits in a bathtub of water. She's happy. Her lover is nearby; there are close ups of her face, her pregnant belly, and his hands caressing her. She gives birth: we see the crowning of the baby's head, then the birth itself; we watch a pair of hands tie off and cut the umbilical cord. With the help of the attending hands, the mother expels the placenta. The infant, a baby girl, nurses. We return from time to time to the bath scene. By the end, dad's excited; mother and daughter rest.
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Stan Brakhage Director
United States release April 27, 1959 · Produced in United States
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United States
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English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
United States · April 27, 1959
Premiere · "The Living Theatre", New York City, NY
United States
May 26, 1959 · Premiere · Coronet Theatre, 366 N La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles, CA
Belgium
December 29, 1963 · Premiere · EXPRMNTL, International Film Festival, Knokke-le-Zoute
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