Josephine
After witnessing an event, a young girl is haunted by the trauma of the disturbing incident, opening her eyes to the violence that surrounds her.
When eight-year-old Josephine and her father Damien walk through Golden Gate Park one morning, they witness a disturbing incident. Though her father manages to stop the attack, the event leaves Josephine emotionally scarred. In the aftermath, Damien enrolls Josephine in martial arts to help her reclaim her sense of power, while her mother Claire (Gemma Chan) advocates for therapy and insists she testify in court. Caught between her parents’ conflicting approaches and still struggling to process her trauma, Josephine begins acting out violently at school and becomes hypervigilant, constantly scanning her surroundings for threats.
Inspired by director Beth de Araújo’s own childhood memory, the film is a devastating portrait of a young girl who is forced to confront impossible cruelty and surrender the safety she once knew.
