Summary
- Two years after its festival premiere, Baby Don't Cry is finally releasing digitally on October 17.
- Directed by Jesse Dvorak, it follows Baby, a Chinese immigrant, as she navigates a troubled home and finds an unexpected adventure with a delinquent named Fox.
- The movie explores themes of cultural displacement and the isolation that comes with coming of age. It delves into Baby's dreams of becoming a filmmaker, her complex relationship with her mother, and the memories of her late father.
Two years after first premiering at Fantasia International Film Festival, Baby Don't Cry is finally coming to digital release. Directed by Jesse Dvorak (Lost Angeles), it stars Zita Bai, who also wrote the screenplay. Bal plays the titular Baby, a withdrawn 17-year-old Chinese immigrant who comes from a troubled home that only grows more difficult after the passing of her father.
Though she dreams of becoming a filmmaker, Baby's life takes a very different turn when she meets a 20-year-old delinquent named Fox (played by Vasily Provatakis). Feeling at once hopeless and invincible, the two embark on an adventure to escape their dreary Seattle lives — only to learn that pain doesn't stay in one place. The movie also stars Boni Mata, Troy Musil, Helen Sun, and Allen Go.
More About Baby Don't Cry
The latest trailer for Baby Don't Cry, presented exclusively by Screen Rant, focuses on Baby's promise as a filmmaker in the face of her classmates' and acquaintances' ridicule and ostracization. Her moments holding a camera are juxtaposed with the at-times tender and other times tense interactions between Baby and Fox, whose burgeoning romance does not seem to be enough to shut out her volatile dynamic with her mother or the memories of her father.
Part romance and part crime thriller, Baby Don't Cry also has a strong theme of cultural displacement and the isolation that often accompanies coming-of-age. Having already left a mark on the indie film scene, the movie is also certain to be a portent of great things to come from its director and leading actress, whose creative talent is evident in every frame.
Baby Don't Cry arrives on Digital platforms on October 17. The movie is produced by Mad Hound Productions and distributed by Good Deed Entertainment, with a runtime of 90 minutes.