Athena (Angela Vint) and Lilith (Megan Fahlenbock) are two lesbians who just want to have a kid...their own biological kid. It sounds impossible, but their dream becomes a reality when the lab where Angela works discovers a way to create sperm using a woman´s stem cells.
Athena becomes pregnant using Lilith´s sperm, but Lilith also wants to have a child, so she has the lab whip up a batch of Angela´s sperm and impregnates herself. Suddenly, two moody pregnant dykes have to somehow tell their crazy families that they´re both expecting-and that no penises were harmed during the making of their babies.
The supporting cast is uniformly strong, providing an emotional punch and many laughs, especially veteran actress Rosemary Dunsmore, who recently won an ACTRA Toronto Award for her portrayal of Athena´s religious, homophobic mother, Wanda.
The Baby Formula is based on stunt coordinator-turned-director Alison Reid´s short film Succubus(Inside Out, 2006). Reid capitalized on the pregnancies of her lead actors and started production early. As a result this smart, sometimes outrageous mockumentary benefits from the stars´ real-life conditions. In fact, Vint went into labour while rehearsing the scene in which her character, Athena, goes into labour.
TORONTO PREMIERE
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