Eva Victor, director of “Sorry, Baby,” or cinema as healing

A successful career change. After making a name for herself with short humorous videos posted on X in the late 2010s, at 31 years old, Eva Victor, who identifies as non-binary, is starting a second career as an actress, screenwriter and director with Sorry, Baby , which won an award at the Sundance Film Festival and was selected in May at Cannes for the Filmmakers' Fortnight . "I had reached the end of my desire to make objects intended to be published and commented on the same day , " confides the American, one Friday in July, on Zoom. I wanted to move towards something that was longer and deeper."

Agnès, her character as an uneasy woman trying to overcome trauma, undoubtedly owes a lot to her own experience, which she is reluctant to revisit. Sexually assaulted a few years ago, Eva Victor says she found a form of healing in the filming of Sorry, Baby : "As a director, putting myself on stage, I chose where my body went at each moment. I felt surrounded and safe." The filmmaker sought above all to "ensure that people arrive with the impression that the film will take care of them." Hoping to unite a community of spectators: "I think that by laughing and crying together, people release something essential."

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