The filmmaker of 'Mother's Baby (La semilla)' neither hides nor denies the influence of Roman Polanski's classic on her work. The connection to 'Rosemary's Baby' is established right in the title of the feature film, which receives from the Spanish distribution the subtitle 'la semilla' in parentheses as yet another reference to the original film. The Spanish distribution added this detail as an additional homage to Polanski's classic.
The feature film presents a premise very similar to that of 'Rosemary's Baby', placing the viewer before a central ambiguity: are the events that afflict the protagonist real or are they the product of delusional and obsessive post-partum depression? This same question was raised by the character played by Mia Farrow in Polanski's 1968 film.
The comparison with Polanski's classic is inevitable, since both films explore the same duality between reality and delusion, leaving the audience in doubt about the true nature of the events narrated. The review highlights that the film maintains this tradition of psychological suspense by not clearly revealing which of the two possibilities is the true one.
