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A college grad still living at home struggles to start her “adult life” and dream career of being an elementary school teacher, as a fear-mongering society and episodes of hallucinations keep her paralyzed and struggling to face years of repressed guilt.

Synopsis

As an honors student, Sasha graduated with a degree in education always wanting to become a teacher. Now, on her second year of post-grad, she’s still living under her parents’ roof, grappling with how to enter a world that feels foreign from the one she grew up dreaming of, while increasing anxieties and hallucinations force her to confront the very thing she got so good at hiding.

Carrot Soup is a story that feels deeply human — tender, funny, and quietly devastating. It’s about the awkward, bittersweet process of realizing that adulthood doesn’t necessarily mean clarity, stability, or success — but that meaning can still be found in the small, imperfect moments. It explores where in our life the experience of stagnancy can help or hinder us, and at what point it’s time for us to face the secrets we’ve kept to ourselves for long enough. It’s a story that reflects the contradictions of growing up in this moment in history: how isolating and absurd it can feel, and how, despite it all, we keep searching for meaning, connection, the version of ourself we’re proud to claim.

Meet the Filmmakers

SARAH SAWYER — WRITER/CO-PRODUCER/ACTRESS
Sarah Sawyer is an LA-based actress, writer, and producer originally from Connecticut. Her training includes the London Dramatic Academy, Stella Adler Studio (NYC), as well as receiving her BA in theatre and screenwriting from Loyola Marymount University.

Sarah’s TV credits include playing Ansel Elgort’s sister on HBO MAX’s TOKYO VICE. She has starred in shorts and indie features that have screened at Oscar-qualifying festival, Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival, as well as Palm Springs International Short Fest, Raindance Film Festival, OutFest, and LA Shorts Fest.

Sarah has written, produced, and starred in her own shorts through her indie production company, Little Red Pictures. In 2022, Sarah was hired by a Golden Globe-winning production company to pen the first draft of a crime-drama feature, based on a true story.

Sarah began developing ‘Carrot Soup’ in 2020. The film explores the humming of fear, caution, and dread that exists in society today, as well as the ways in which stagnancy can help or hinder us.

Sarah is repped in both LA and NYC by Framework Entertainment.

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Contact

For inquiries, please contact [email protected].