This was explored in a film I saw recently (“Eternal”. Danish sci fi. Pretty good), except in that case it was the male partner trying to push the girl into an abortion, which she… Didn’t go through with, and then left him (saying more is spoilers).

He wanted her to do that because he was too ambitious, and thought being a father would “stymie his career/study ambitions”.

It’s quite a complex story/portrayal, but a lot of the movie is him coming to terms with that decision, and the fact that he never got to be around for his son growing up.

But yeah, was an… Interesting take, given that it’s normally the other way around, at least in the Anglosphere…

Funnily enough I went to the Q and A for the premiere, and the director said that the dude was sort of a stand in for himself, as a (now) single dad, and how he felt about stuff, but I didn’t find the character particularly sympathetic, so… Yeah, it was interesting, to say the least.

Employed a sort of “Sliding Doors” - what if -storytelling idea, while also exploring regret…

This was explored in a film I saw last year (“Eternal”. Danish sci fi. Pretty good), except in that case it was the male partner trying to push the girl into an abortion, which she… Didn’t go through with, and then left him (saying more is spoilers).

He wanted her to do that because he was too ambitious, and thought being a father would “stymie his career/study ambitions”.

It’s quite a complex story/portrayal, but a lot of the movie is him coming to terms with that decision, and the fact that he never got to be around for his son growing up.

But yeah, was an… Interesting take, given that it’s normally the other way around, at least in the Anglosphere…

Funnily enough I went to the Q and A for the premiere, and the director said that the dude was sort of a stand in for himself, as a (now) single dad, and how he felt about stuff, but I didn’t find the character particularly sympathetic, so… Yeah, it was interesting, to say the least.

Employed a sort of “Sliding Doors” - what if -storytelling idea, while also exploring regret…