The Cry: the story behind a uniquely honest portrayal of postnatal depression

Actor Jenna Coleman is not a mum, but her interpretation of a woman in crisis is profoundly convincing

A baby cries. A woman sleeps soundly. “Jo,” her partner says. “Jo, please.” He wakes her so she can tend to the crying son who belongs to both of them, and she rises in the dark. When her partner rolls over, we see he is wearing earplugs.

This is a scene from the new thriller The Cry, a UK/Australia co-production airing now on the ABC – but Jo could be any woman.

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