I Used to Be Funny

An intimate, melancholic character study of a trauma-haunted comedian grappling with PTSD while confronting her bond with a missing girl, balancing earnest vulnerability with understated emotional complexity.

Sam, an aspiring stand-up comedian and au pair struggling with PTSD, weighs whether to join the search for Brooke, a missing teenage girl she used to nanny. As she fights to recover from her trauma and return to the stage, memories of her deep bond with Brooke rush back—making it impossible to ignore her disappearance.