A bold and unflinching new voice in contemporary cinema arrives this spring with the release of Nesting, the debut feature from director Chloé Cinq-Mars. Starring Rose-Marie Perreault (Pénélope), Simon Landry-Desy (Gaspard), Saladin Dellers (Edward), Marie Bélanger (Charlotte), and Robin Picard and Bastien Picard as Baby Lou, the film will open in select Drafthouse Theatres nationwide on Tuesday, May 26, before launching on major streaming platforms on Friday, May 29.

“Blending psychological thriller elements with raw emotional realism, Nesting offers a deeply immersive portrait of motherhood pushed to its breaking point,” says Rich Wolff of Breaking Glass Pictures, the film’s distributor.  The film follows Pénélope, a new mother grappling with the physical and psychological toll of childbirth, as her mental state begins to unravel under the weight of isolation, trauma, and relentless exhaustion. As reality fractures around her, the line between protector and predator blurs in a haunting descent that is as intimate as it is terrifying.

To capture Pénélope’s psychological descent, Nesting employs a striking visual and sonic language. Fragmented editing, looping moments, and disorienting time shifts mirror the cyclical nature of postpartum depression and sleep deprivation. As the film progresses, its aesthetic becomes increasingly dreamlike, with heightened contrasts, surreal color palettes, and an evolving soundscape that blurs the boundary between reality and hallucination.

The film also explores the lingering impact of past trauma, as memories of Pénélope’s sister Charlotte intrude upon her already fragile psyche. These elements deepen the narrative’s emotional complexity while reinforcing its central themes of guilt, identity, and the duality of motherhood.

Nesting will screen at the following Drafthouse venues on May 26: Austin (South Lamar), Boston (Seaport), Chicago (Wrigleyville), DFW (Denton and Richardson), Denver (Sloans Lake), Laredo, Los Angeles (DTLA), New York City (Brooklyn, Lower Manhattan, Yonkers), Raleigh, San Antonio (Park North), the San Francisco Bay Area (Mountain View, New Mission, Valley Fair), Twin Cities (Woodbury), and Indianapolis.

Nesting begins streaming on major platforms May 29.