Sorry, Baby is the first feature film by American director and actress Eva Victor, who also wrote the screenplay and plays the lead role alongside Naomi Ackie, Lucas Hedges, and John Carroll Lynch. Premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and then chosen as the closing film of the 2025 Directors' Fortnight, this drama about rebuilding one's life will be released in French theaters on July 23, 2025, before being released on VOD on December 3, 2025, preceded by an EST preview on November 27.
Something happened to Agnès. The event, never shown directly, has left a deep mark that isolates her from the world, as if frozen while everything seems to continue without her. In this suspended moment, her friendship with Lydie becomes a refuge, a space where silences matter as much as words. Their unbreakable bond allows Agnès to face everyday life, between wanderings, fears, and small intimate victories.
Throughout the story, the two young women move forward amid laughter, awkward moments, and sometimes painful confidences. The humor, omnipresent in their exchanges, acts as a bulwark against trauma and a tool for survival. Through this relationship, Agnès begins to glimpse "what comes next," a possible future where pain coexists with rediscovered joy, in a movement of resilience rather than forgetting.
Presented at Sundance in January 2025, where it was noted for its writing and tone combining seriousness and humor, Sorry, Baby was then selected for the 57th Directors' Fortnight, a parallel section of the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, alongside 17 other feature films from around the world. The film closes a selection that stands out from the Official Selection, Critics' Week, andAcid programs by highlighting the voice of an emerging female director.
The film also features the involvement of screenwriter and director Barry Jenkins, winner of the Oscar for Best Picture for Moonlight, who serves as producer here. Eva Victor, who previously wrote and starred in the series Eva vs. Anxiety, claims autobiographical influences, drawing on a personal crisis to fuel Agnès' journey. The project was developed with the help of coach and casting director Rebecca Dealy, and the filmmaker trained by observing Jane Schoenbrun on the set of I Saw the TV Glow, citing Kieslowski's Three Colors, Christian Petzold's Phoenix, and Wong Kar-wai's In the Mood for Love among her references.
In its approach, Sorry, Baby stands out from stories of direct suffering by focusing on the perspective of rebuilding and everyday life, with attention paid to gestures, ordinary conversations, and failures. Humor is an essential part of the film, conceived as a means of survival and a way for Agnès to reconnect with her identity. The relationship between Agnès and Lydie is written as a true story of friendly love, where the characters support each other unconditionally, making the film an intimate drama that speaks as much about solidarity as it does about trauma.
The feature film is aimed at audiences attracted to contemporary dramas that focus on emotions and human connections rather than pure plot. With its blend of gentle comedy and intimate pain, it may appeal to viewers who are sensitive to portrayals of women rebuilding their lives and stories of strong female friendships. Its VOD release on December 3, 2025 extends its run in festivals and theaters to a wider audience, including those who discovered the film after Cannes or its July release.
Sorry, Baby
Film | 2025
Theatrical release: July 23, 2025
Available on VOD December 3, 2025
Drama | Running time: 1 hour 44 minutes
By Eva Victor | Starring Eva Victor, Naomi Ackie, Lucas Hedges, John Carroll Lynch
Nationality: United States
Between pain and resilience, Sorry, Baby offers an intimate look at a young woman's journey of rebuilding her life, guided by a friendship that is as everyday as it is essential. By combining humor, vulnerability, and precise staging of the gestures of life, the film follows in the footsteps of a first feature film by a female director who uses drama to question how we pick ourselves up again, surrounded by others.
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