The Cinematheque

Vancouver Premiere

“For those looking to understand the process of recovery, it’s hard to imagine a more comprehensive or sympathetic look at the challenge of surviving.”

Teo Bugbee, The New York Times

The debut feature of Australian filmmaker Jessica M. Thompson, who now lives in New York, is a raw and revelatory film about the aftermath of a sexual assault, told entirely from the victim’s perspective. Bonnie (Stephanie Beatriz), a young architect in Brooklyn, is brutally raped by a stranger while walking home alone one night. Initially unwilling to disclose the attack even to Matt (Michael Stahl-David), her live-in boyfriend, the strong-willed Bonnie resolves to put it all behind her, and explains away the bruises on her face. But as her relationships start to crumble and her work suffers, the lingering repercussions of the rape are brought to the fore.

Warning: contains scene of explicit sexual violence.

Audience Award for Narrative Feature
SXSW 2017

Post-screening discussion with Val Reede, MSW, RSW, Sexual Assault Counsellor, Sexual Assault Services Program (SAS), B.C. Women’s Hospital and Health Centre. 

Moderated by Dr. Harry Karlinsky, Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia.