Girl Clock!

Christine, a globe-trotting photographer, is back in Australia and casually dating Bob. He welcomes her home by having them wax his car, highlighting a relationship that feels comfortable but not deeply invested. Their future plans clash—she prefers travel, he envisions a distant Italy trip—foreshadowing a shaky romance.

Shortly after breaking up with Bob, Christine realizes she might want a baby. She tests for pregnancy, and the result comes up negative, which gives a small relief but doesn't settle the ache. The idea of motherhood lingers, shaping her choices ahead.

One morning she wakes with the aching awareness that her biological clock is running out and that she truly wants a child. She doubts her ability to sustain a relationship, yet the pull toward parenthood grows stronger.

Christine turns to her lifelong friends for support, but they are each facing crises of their own. Margo wants to hold onto a child-free lifestyle, Mikki battles aging, and Karla is at university, creating a sense that Christine is not alone in her longing.

Margo's son Simon tries to return home after his girlfriend kicks him out. His room ends up becoming part of Margo’s art and yoga studio as he moves into Karla’s old room, blending his presence into the household dynamics.

Mikki’s boyfriend Tom moves in and is surprised to learn she’s five years younger than she claims. His small post-it notes around the apartment are cheerful attempts to lift her spirits in the midst of insecurities.

Christine accidentally kills an elderly woman's dog, then visits the woman's house and discovers the woman is utterly alone. Christine offers to bury the dog and, in a moment of desperation, contemplates asking Bob to donate sperm, which angers him and pushes him to move on.

Christine wakes with night sweats and fears menopause; a medical checkup confirms she is not sick, but pregnancy could be difficult. She starts exercising more, quits smoking, and buys nicotine patches and a treadmill to aid her efforts.

Neither Margo’s husband nor Tom, who has had a vasectomy, prove viable options for insemination. Christine begins a sequence of failed attempts to become pregnant, marking a turning point toward more drastic measures.

Christine walks into an IVF clinic and meets Paolo, a donor she has bumped into several times. He agrees to donate, they plan dinner, and they go to his room where she steps into the bathroom as he undresses; when she returns, Paolo is dead.

Acting quickly, the group retrieves Paolo's semen by direct extraction and Christine reinjects it into herself, hoping to conceive. They manage to recover a substantial amount, enough for two more tries.

Mikki even collects semen from condoms found in Christine’s bag, places it in her own body to keep it at a suitable temperature, and freezes it for future attempts. The plan becomes a high-stakes, improvised fertility expedition.

A few days later, the couples test for success. Mikki reveals the material came from Christine’s bag, and Christine admits she poked holes in the condoms. They rush to the chemist for tests, facing an uncertain outcome together.

In a sunlit street, the three friends and their two husbands push two babies in strollers, a quiet moment that underscores the fragile, complicated bonds that brought them to this point.