The Yellow Wallpaper
Directed by K. Pontuti
Written by Charlotte Gilman, Alexandra Loreth, K. Pontuti
Starring Alexandra Loreth, Joe Mullins
Released March 29th, 2022
The Yellow Wallpaper opens on a shocking sight. A family of three is in a carriage on their way to a country home for the summer. A mother, a father, and a small baby that will not stop crying. After the husband demands that the wife do something about the crying baby, she picks up the child and hurls it out of the window of the movie carriage. It’s a striking scene, one deeply symbolic of the rest of the movie which takes on postpartum depression through the lens of a horror movie.
The Yellow Wallpaper stars Alexandra Loreth as Jane, a young mother struggling in the wake of the birth of her first child. Once a promising writer, Jane has been forced to give up her chosen profession to be a mother and the conflict this causes inside her begins to rot her. Jane’s husband, John (Joe Mullins), is a doctor who spends most of his time away from home treating patients other than his wife. He’s left Jane’s care to their housekeeper, Mary (Clara Harte), who is deeply ill-equipped for the task.
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