Once a bubbly and extroverted singer, Jessie now spends her day in anguished solitude, desperately seeking to avoid her friends, family and – most of all – her own paranoia. Fuelled by insecurity and a morbid fear of confrontation, her fervid imagination finally leads her to make an unexpected reconnection with life.

The film premiered during Cannes Critics’ Week in 2004 and went on to win the Audience Awards at Angers the following year.

Awards and festivals

Winner: Audience Award Premiers Plans Angers

Official Selection: Critics’ Week Cannes 2004, Mar Del Plata Clermont-Ferrand Edinburgh Bilbao London Tout Ecran Creteil Brussels Sao Paulo Leeds Kinofilm Turin InCurt, Tarragona, amongst others.

Marianela Maldonado, Director

Born in 1972 Marianela Maldonado moved to London in 1997 to study Screenwriting at the UK's National Film and Television School from her homeland Venezuela, where she worked as a journalist and published two collections of short stories. She has written and directed three short films, which have been screened at many international film festivals. Her graduation film The Look of Happiness screened at the Cinefondation section of the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.