Sorry, Baby

Disarmingly frank yet poignantly affecting, writer-director-actor Eva Victor’s feature debut is a nuanced rendering of life after sexual assault, taking on what it means to suffer and survive. Presented in five nonchronological chapters, with time re-arranged in flashbacks and flash-forwards, the story depicts how Agnes, an English student, comes through her traumatic experience in her mundanity, in small joys and pains, to build a teaching career, new relationships, and her life. Crafted with sly comic verve and layered complexity, this unassuming tale does not offer any easy catharsis, but a quiet consolation in surprising grace.

Cannes Directors' Fortnight