directed by: Hanna Bergholm, year: 2022
actors: Siiri Solalinna, Sophia Heikkilä, Jani Volanen, Reino Nordin

Exquisitely eerie and disturbingly intimate, Hatching follows Tinja, a disciplined young gymnast who longs to please her perfection-obsessed mother. When she discovers an egg that hatches into a strange, unnaturally beautiful creature, she nourishes it hoping to gain approval. The being grows with terrifying appetite and a brutal demand for secrecy, turning a glossy family life into a chilling, dreamlike nightmare about desire, control, and transformation. Its stark visuals, clinical lighting, and eerie sound design amplify the unease as the mother-daughter bond fractures.

Biological Transformation, Horror, Body Horror, Coming Of Age, Dark Fantasy, Finnish Cinema