This technique keeps us invested through all the stages that Victors character Agnes herself experiences.
Storywise, we meet Agnes at her home as she welcomes old friend Lydie (Naomi Ackie).
Their initial conversations give us no clue of the traumatic incident in Agnes past.
Eva Victor in ‘Sorry, Baby’Sundance Institute | photo by Mia Cioffy Henry
The camera lingers on the outside.
In vivid close-up she tells Lydie, in gut-wrenching and heartbreaking detail, about the encounter.
She later deals with an unfeeling doctor who chides her for not immediately going to an emergency room.
I will remember that for next time, she snarks.
The HR team of two women just give her a policy lecture.
Boots she wore the fateful night are tossed into a shopping bag and thrown into the closet.
She adopts a kitten.
I have a cat, she replies.
Finally its back to the Year With the Baby.
The thing is, Victor, as an actor or filmmaker, never telegraphs anything.
There are so many layers to Agnes, each one slowly peeled back and leading to yet another.
Hedges is appealing as a genuinely nice guy who helps Agnes to trust men again.
And veteran actor Lynch is great in his brief screen time.
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Title:Sorry, BabyFestival:Sundance (U.S.
