Nasty Baby

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Freddy is an artist whose desire for a baby has become something of an obsession. He surrounds himself with photographs of his childhood and is working feverishly on a fresh piece about new-borns. He and his partner Mo have even managed to persuade their best friend Polly to have their baby. However, after numerous failed attempts to conceive, this proves to be more difficult than they first envisaged. Freddy’s planned video installation also turns out to be rather more complicated than he thought. And then, when the ‘Bishop’, their rather deranged neighbour, begins tormenting them with his serious chicanery, their hitherto carefree existence starts to go dangerously awry. A series of surprising events bring their frustrations to a head and before long, Freddy and his friends begin to lose their grip on reality.Sebastiàn Silva’s savagely satirical film is an angry portrait of a group of presumptuous and self-absorbed bohemians. The director himself plays the role of Freddy, infusing his performance with the complacency, doggedness, ignorance and egomania of a social circle which is in the process of becoming estranged from their original visions and dreams.

details

  • Runtime

    100 min
  • Country

    United States
  • Year of Presentation

    2015
  • Year of Production

    2014
  • Director

    Sebastián Silva
  • Cast

    Kristen Wiig, Sebastián Silva, Tunde Adebimpe, Agustin Silva, Reg E. Cathey, Mark Margolis, Alia Shawkat, Anthony Chisolm, Neal Huff, Lillias White
  • Production Company

    Fabula 777-0057 Santiago
  • Berlinale Section

    Panorama
  • Berlinale Category

    Feature Film

Biography Sebastián Silva

Born in Santiago de Chile in 1979, he studied film in Chile and animation in Montreal. He made his feature debut with LIFE KILLS ME in 2007 and then won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival with THE MAID in 2009. OLD CATS premiered at the New York Film Festival in 2010. MAGIC MAGIC, made in the same year as CRYSTAL FAIRY (2012) screened at the Sundance Film Festival as well as at Cannes in 2013.

Filmography Sebastián Silva

2007 La Vida Me Mata | 2009 The Maid | 2010 Old Cats | 2013 Crystal Fairy y el cactus mágico | 2013 Magic Magic