Canadian filmmaker Kazik Radwanski dives headlong into the daily struggles of Anne, anchored by Deragh Campbell’s layered and dynamic performance.

Anne (Deragh Campbell, I Used To Be Darker), works at a Toronto daycare center, where she bickers needlessly with colleagues, is often more interested in daydreaming with the children than in supervising them, and whose seemingly steady life gives way to increasing anxiety and recklessness.

For her best friend Sarah’s (musician Dorothea Paas) bachelorette party, they go skydiving, and Anne seems completely in her element, floating above everything, a true departure from her strained, awkward interactions with people (including her new boyfriend Matt, played by filmmaker Matt Johnson). While free falling in the air, she feels a release and sense of clarity, focused, and above it all, which acts as a tipping point for her mental fragility. Since most of her social and professional interactions are awkward and erratic, whether arguing about a cup of coffee at work or introducing her on-and-off again boyfriend to her parents, the pressures of her daily life threaten to overwhelm her, while she is back on the ground.

Her coworkers are constantly questioning the way she connects with the children and with her ever-more-awkward social situations, the stressful circumstances begin to mount, as Anne prepares for another jump. Canadian filmmaker Kazik Radwanski dives headlong into the daily struggles of Anne, anchored by Deragh Campbell’s layered and dynamic performance, which draws us into an intimate portrait of a volatile, young woman struggling to find her place in society, a fine line between losing one’s ground and waiting for one’s life to take off.

Kazik Radwanski |  Canada |  English  |  2019 |  75 minutes