Mies

Mirthe Fernandes : 2019

Mies, in her early twenties, seems an average young woman at first glance. Silent one day, lively the next. When things go well, she opens herself up to the outside world, after which it can change within a few seconds. She then becomes a self-centred doll that no longer speaks a word. Mies lives her life slightly differently from the average young woman on her way to independence. Mies is not only concerned with her own thoughts, but also with a number of other voices and opinions that haunt her mind. Those voices determine her life. What is it like to sometimes live in a closed ward of the clinic for months while the only thing you want is freedom? What Mies experiences is dissociation, another reality that is for her reality. An intimate portrait of the experiences and perceptions of a young mentally ill woman, but a person who is much more than her diagnosis. Mirthe Fernandes's short documentary screened in competition at Nederlands Film Festival 2019.

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