Disfluency
Directed by Anna Baumgarten
Written by Anna Baumgarten
Starring Libe Barer, Ariela Barer, Chelsea Alden
Released January 10th, 2025
Published January 9th, 2025
Disfluency stars Libe Barer as Jane, or Jane the Brain, or Blue Jay, depending on which family member or friend who is speaking to her. Jane has a loving and supportive group of friends and family, all of whom are worried about her. After having spent her life as an overachiever with well built goals and accomplishments, Jane failed her final university exam, causing her to wash out. Returning home for the summer, she’s here to lick her wounds and dodge the questions of her parents as to how it happened that she bombed in the one class that she needed to graduate.
You may already be guessing what might have caused a bright young woman to suddenly lose everything, tripping over the final hurdle. It’s probably exactly what you think and yet, Disfluency comes at this revelation from a unique perspective. Jane is fighting to keep her secret while giving off every indication of her growing depression stemming from the traumatic incident that sent her spiraling toward that class failure. The film captures the complicated, roiling, and chaotic emotional conflicts that come with such trauma.
Find my full length review at Geeks.Media, linked here.
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