
Feature film — 2018
The Lullaby (2018)
Returning to her home town, overwhelmed by the birth of her firstborn, nineteen-year-old Chloe van Heerden tries to come to terms with motherhood. Despite the support from her own mother, Chloe struggles with the demands of caring for a newborn child. The incessant crying of her baby, the growing sense of guilt and paranoia send her into a dark depression. With a heightened urge to protect her son, she sees danger everywhere.
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Director: Darrell James Roodt
On screen
Cast & crew

Reine Swart
Chloe van Heerden
Deanre Reiners
Adam Hess

Thandi Puren
Ruby van Heerden

Brandon Auret
Dr. Timothy Reed

Dorothy Ann Gould
Midwife
Shayla-Rae McFarlane
Young Chloe
Eckardt Spies
Baby Liam
Amjoné Spies
Baby Liam
Samuel Frauenstein
Truck driver
Briony Horwitz
Nurse 1
Anne-Marie Ellis
Nurse 2
Lara de Villiers
Boer mother
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