BegoroIVS25

  Directed by:  Ingrid Hass Written by:   Ingrid Hass Starring:    Ingrid Hass (Gertie), Barry Rothbart (Sam) It felt like watching someone laugh while holding back tears. The film made us feel both amused and unsettled at the same time. The film did not engage from the beginning, but it definitely picked up steam in the second act. It dropped into an awkward moment, which made it feel all the more real. It follows A couple dealing with an unexpected pregnancy, the joy of pregnancy and the misery of miscarriage. They joke, they argue, they try to stay normal, but something heavier is always just under the surface. With it comes the very real pain of loss. Grief doesn’t always look like crying. Sometimes it looks like sarcasm, silence, or saying the wrong thing to the right person.  The emotional twist wasn’t in the plot, but in how the characters handled the situation. The mix of humour and sadness kept shifting.   They weren’t perfect, and t...