Eva Victor is a comedian and social media star. But during the pandemic, she said that time slowed down and she turned from comedy to “Falling in love with watching movies.” Everything that led her to her director “Sorry, Baby”, a drama about trauma – but even more important about friendship and joy.
By going through the process of writing it and doing it, Victor said at Indieview studioPresented by Dropbox, was a form of “therapy” for what she described as a very personal story.
“It was definitely in many ways an attempt to put myself through some kind of therapy, it is a story about healing, and in some meta ways it was an attempt at it, which made it an attempt at it, “She said. “The film Is about this serious thing in some ways but it is about the time afterwards and a friendship that gets you through it. Much of the film is about trying to find joy, and that is what our characters do together in the film. ”
The Log line for “Sorry, Baby” Is simply, “something bad happened to Agnes, but life continues … for everyone around her at least.” It is a movie about two friends, a stunned one of a personal crisis and the other mature and starts one family. But even if it is about heavy themes, it threads a needle and finds some unpleasant fun moments.
“The movie really looks up on the people who are evil or dull rude and really protects the lives of the people who do their best,” Victor said. “This is where comedy lives, in the joy of friendship and makes fun of the people who are cruel and not the ones we love.”
Victor’s co-stars Naomi Ackie and Lucas Hedges joined her in the IndieWire studio, and they were each wowed of the material and honesty that Victor brought to the script.
“It felt lived in. What I was really excited to explore was friendship that lived for a really long time, the challenge is how do you do it with someone you don’t know … Yet,” Ackie said about playing best friends with Victor. “It felt like this would be an environment where I could explore the silent performance that is not about stretching out and changing exactly who you are but connecting to the people around you.”
“I felt it reminded me of things I loved, but at the same time it felt like its own cause,” Hedges added. “It reminded me of some movies that are really comforting for me and what I want to be a part of, and yet it felt innovative, as if you were not trying to do these things. You just tried to be really honest with yourself. ”
“Sorry, baby” had the premiere at Sundance Film Festival. It is looking for distribution.
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