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Birth of Separation is a 2010 psychological thriller written and directed by Louis Mansfield. The film has dramatic elements and has been classified as a horror or exploitation film. The film debuted at the Philadelphia F/M Festival in 2010.
In the summer of 2010, the film has been touted 'the most talked about film in Philadelphia' and caught the attention of several media outlets.
Synopsis The morning sun highlights the pre-natal glow on Elizabeth’s face as she and her husband, Daniel. Love is in the air as the two partake in pillow talk moments before the alarm is set to sound.
The morning is underway and Elizabeth gets her young family ready and out the door, as she has every morning for the last seven years.
Elizabeth enjoys the serenity of her well kept home, until a knock at the door breaks the morning monotony. A well dressed young man, Jerome, greets her at the doorstep. His voice drips with despair as he clutches a stack of missing person posters to be passed around the South Philadelphia neighborhood. Feeling an affinity for the young man, Elizabeth invites Jerome in for a cup of coffee and the company of conversation.
As they dine on the garden patio, Elizabeth asks of radiant young boy featured on the flier. The exchange grows uncomfortable when the subject flips and Elizabeth’s family life comes into question. Unnerved by Jerome’s candor, Elizabeth asks him to leave. Although willing, Jerome persists before departing. Waiting for the now unwelcomed guest to be on his way, Elizabeth reaches for her phone but is knocked unconscious before she can even call for help.
Elizabeth comes to in a pool of blood on the cold tile floor of her once pristine kitchen. Disoriented and badly injured, she crawls towards the doorway. Panic pulsates through her body as Jerome’s approaching silhouette draws nearer. Screams echo throughout the empty house as the young man prevents her from reaching the door. There will be no escape.
Elizabeth again comes to in her kitchen, bound to the very chair her daughter occupied as the family dined, hours earlier. Sitting across from Elizabeth, Jerome launches an inquisition prying into her personal life. Confused and disoriented, she pleads for her life and that of her unborn child. Elizabeth struggles in vain to regain control of the situation but each act of defiance is greeted by violence at the hand of the intruder. Elizabeth perseveres enduring the mounting consequences of Jerome's cathartic search for closure.
As questions of her childhood swell to the surface, Elizabeth’s answers are met with ridicule and judgment. Over the course of a single afternoon Jerome assaults Elizabeth, disputing the merit of her prosperity with relentless interrogation. Manipulating his way to her awakening, Jerome provokes, demeans and assaults Elizabeth ultimately inducing the battered woman’s labor.
Conceived from transgression and purged into a world he was not meant to know, Jerome exacts meaning to his otherwise questionable existence. Birth of Separation is a visceral portrait of the reclamation of one man’s perverse lineage.
Cast Ashley Rebekah Faulkner as Elizabeth Steve Saturn as Jerome Tony Slade as Daniel
Crew Directed by Louis Mansfield Written by Louis Mansfield Screenplay by Dennis Hanley and Andrew Aguilar Produced by Dennis Hanley and Andrew Aguilar Executive Produced by Steve Saturn Cinematography by Adrian Sierkowski Sound Design by Jay Wasley Edited by Rick Chapman
Running Time: 2 hours 7 minutes Language: English