First Born

First Born

Year: 2007

Runtime: 95 mins

Language: English

Director: Isaac Webb

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Pregnant Laura feels isolated: her husband Steven, though caring, is often absent, and her mother lives far away. Having sacrificed her own ambitions, she is already on edge. After a traumatic C‑section, she begins to experience unsettling visions, and a disturbing babysitter only heightens her paranoia. As distrust grows, Laura spirals into a self‑destructive mental breakdown.

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New York City, Countryside

The film moves from bustling Manhattan, where Laura works as a dancer and commutes by subway, to a quiet countryside home that becomes a stage for her unraveling. The city setting establishes ambition and social pressure, while the countryside accentuates isolation and domestic tension. The contrast between urban energy and rural quiet is central to Laura's fragile mental state.

🌆 City Life 🚇 Subways 🏞️ Countryside

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Main Characters – First Born (2007)

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Laura (Elisabeth Shue)

A talented dancer and new mother whose pregnancy and postpartum struggles trigger a descent into psychosis and misperception. She begins with hopeful news but becomes haunted by infant cries and bizarre, destabilizing events.

🧠 Mental Health 💃 Dancer 🍼 Motherhood

Steve (Steven Mackintosh)

Laura's husband, a wealthy businessman who achieves a partnership while balancing a demanding career with his wife's fragile state. He tries to support Laura by arranging help and maintaining routine, but is forced to confront the crisis as it worsens.

💼 Husband 🧭 Pressure 🛡️ Support

Mrs. Kasperian (Kathleen Chalfant)

A kindly au pair who becomes a crucial, if uneasy, companion during Laura's postpartum crisis. She attempts to comfort Laura and manage the household, while tensions about Laura's mental health escalate.

🤱 Caregiver 🧭 Guidance 🔪 Tension

Laura's Mother (Blair Brown)

A supportive presence who reassures Laura about postpartum depression and helps care for the baby. She provides grounding and practical assistance as Laura navigates fear, sleep problems, and the loss of confidence.

👩‍👧‍👦 Family 🏥 Support 🗣️ Guidance

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Major Themes – First Born (2007)

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🧠 Mental Health

The story centers on Laura's struggle with postpartum depression and psychosis, showing how mood swings, insomnia, and intrusive thoughts erode her grip on reality. Medication and medical advice are explored, but the symptoms persist and intensify. The film uses Laura's shifting perception to blur the line between danger and delusion.

👶 Motherhood

Laura's experience of pregnancy and caring for a newborn is portrayed as daunting and destabilizing. The pressure to perform as a mother, while juggling a demanding husband and a new home, amplifies anxiety and fear. The emotional distance between Laura and her baby becomes a focal point of her distress.

🌀 Reality vs Perception

Laura's reality is undermined by hallucinations of crying babies, mice, and a toy-doll, suggesting supernatural or psychological forces at play. Suspicions of witchcraft and the intrusion of an unseen presence push her toward desperation. The film tracks her gradual loss of trust in what she perceives as real, culminating in a troubling, ambiguous ending.

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