This French New Wave-inspired, multi-media, dark comedy follows a young woman on her journey to finding inner peace. What if you did all the meditating, working out, and deep breathing that your therapist told you to do, but life still overwhelmed you...

This is Elle's story. We meet her at her breaking point, her brain is so busy that she can barely walk straight. Something in her life must change... Debilitated by the chaos in her brain, Elle goes to see a neurologist. Luckily Dr. Tammy Freeman has just the fix to clear her mind forever. A pre-frontal lobotomy. This turns Elle into the sexy-blonde-barbie-baby that society has always wanted her to be, and she finally "feels good." But does she?

Co-director Grace Halpern says: 'The themes of memory, violence, and sex were the catalyst for “Baby Talk.”Fascinated by the physical effects of trauma, Grace aimed on writing a downward spiral into her feminist nightmare — that becoming Barbie is actually a freeing and easier path. Playing with the plastic images of femininity that girls and femme people are force-fed that seem to say “it is easier on this side.” Ryan joined this project excited to highlight the power dynamics between a young woman who is suffering and her patronizing interactions with the world around her. From Dr. Freedman representing an old guard of femininity and showing that a woman with thoughts (a problem) can always be fixed, to the camp counselor sexualizing the innocence of a hurt little girl. Both women had the goal of coming together to make a movie that is felt, and experienced like a dreamy collage. Furthermore, Ryan and Grace wanted to use as many elements of film as possible — from the layered style of editing to the animation — to truly express the anxious, overwhelming feeling of this film.''

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