The Story

A predominant theme throughout my work is that women matter in any equation. Mental illness is another focus of my study. Reared by a mentally ill mother, I have personal knowledge of the detritus left in its wake. However, those who suffer from it cannot be demonized. They instead deserve healing.

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This film is meant to be a sci-fi psychological puzzle with dark comedic undertones. The audience will have clues to decipher as to whether Dr. Rochester is imagining Olive's visit. Is it a drug- or trauma-induced hallucination? Is Olive trapped in a causal loop or is she obsessed with a love she thinks she once had with her own self? Is it all insanity?

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For this film, I wanted to take a look at a journey of self-love and forgiveness after a woman commits what she feels to be an unforgivable act. Self-love isn't an easy path for most people to trod, but for those with mental illness, and especially for women, it is treacherously hard.

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My intention is to make a French film in English. It will be filmed in the vein of those lauded films of the French New Wave, focused on emotion / behavior / dialogue in the realms of interiority and domesticity. Subtlety in the performances will mask oceans of emotional turmoil. My biggest inspirations after Godard are probably Chabrol’s “Story of Women,”  Kurys's “Entre Nous,” and Sciamma's "Portrait of a Lady on Fire" and "Petite Maman."

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My goal is to place older women at the epicenter of story. Women vanish from American culture as they pass fifty. My films will not only propel them into cultural consciousness but will also deconstruct the stereotype of the grandmotherly figure.

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As a lesbian, I find it equally important to show women-loving-women, and one could say there is a lesbian allegory at work in the film.