An 18 year-old-girl called Joy has gone missing. Another girl called Helen is asked to “play” Joy in a police reconstruction that will retrace Joy’s last known movements. Joy had everything. A loving family, a boyfriend, a bright future. Helen, parentless, has lived in institutions all her life and has never been close to anyone. Helen begins to immerse herself into the role, visiting the people and places that Joy knew; quietly and carefully insinuating her way into the lost girl’s life. Is Helen trying to find out what happened to Joy that day, or is she searching for her own identity?
Helen
Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor
IndieLisboa 2009 • International Competition
United Kingdom, Ireland, Fiction, 2008, 79′