Known for her work on television shows such as Feel Good, The Great, and Shrill, writer and director Ally Pankiw has shifted to the big screen for her feature debut, I Used to be Funny. Set in Toronto, the comedy drama centres around twenty-something au pair and stand-up performer Sam (Rachel Sennott) who is suffering from PTSD and depression. When Brooke (Olga Petsa), the teenager she used to nanny goes missing, she takes it upon herself to track her down, and in doing so she revisits her trauma.
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