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Barry Jenkins Gave Director Eva Victor’s Directors’ Fortnight Debut ’Sorry Baby’ a Solid Launch
Eva Victor wrestles with trauma that hit close to home in her directorial feature debut, ‘Sorry Baby’
The actor and online comedian’s first feature attracted Lucas Hedges and Naomi Ackie as co-stars, “Moonlight” helmer Barry Jenkins as a producer and A24 as its distributor in an $8 million-range worldwide rights deal. When you add in Sundance’s Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award, an 88/100 Metacritic score and a May 22 closing night slot in the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight section, it all points to a promising June 27 limited/July 18 nationwide theatrical rollout. They star as a small-town New England college professor dealing with the aftermath of an unexpected assault, helped along by a concerned friend (Ackie), an offbeat boy next door (Hedges) and some surprisingly comic moments woven into this semi-autobiographical story.
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