Nasty Baby

About

YEAR 2014

SECTION NEXT

COUNTRY U.S.A.

RUN TIME 101 min

Brooklyn artist Freddy (Sebastian Silva) is baby obsessed. His new project centers around newborns, and he and his boyfriend, Mo, have recruited their best friend, Polly (Kristen Wiig), to help them have a baby. On top of dealing with the stress of opening an art installation and the complications of conceiving a child via artificial insemination, the three begin to be harassed by The Bishop, a mentally ill neighborhood man. An escalating series of incidents threaten to derail the comfortable lives these people have built for themselves./p>

Writer/director/actor Silva returns with his fifth premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. Shot with a keen eye for the minutiae of Outer Borough life and featuring strong central performances by Wiig and Silva himself, Nasty Baby is a constantly morphing critique of the blithe self-absorption of modern bohemia. It masterfully toys with audience expectations in ways that prove insightful and challenging in equal measure. —C.H.

COMPANY Killer Films

EMAIL dh@killerfilms.com

PHONE 212 473 3950

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Artist Bio

In 2007, Sebastian Silva made his first feature, La Vida Me Mata. His next film, The Maid, premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and won the Grand Jury Prize. Silva then made Old Cats, which premiered at the 2010 New York Film Festival. In 2012, Silva directed Magic Magic and Crystal Fairy. Magic Magic premiered in 2013 at the Sundance Film Festival as well as at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. Crystal Fairy also premiered in 2013 at Sundance Film Festival.