Little Creatures

Maria looks at her newborn son and feels not love, but a chilling terror. Instead of maternal instinct, there is alienation; instead of tenderness, a fear of touch. This intimate portrait of postpartum depression in the 2025 drama explores the dark side of motherhood rarely shown on screen. The director avoids melodrama, focusing on microscopic details: trembling hands, an empty gaze, a silence louder than any scream. The film provides no answers, only posing uncomfortable questions about the nature of connection, societal expectations, and the limits of the human psyche.