When working on a psychological thriller that’s actually a character study following the structure of a European art film, you can be left with a lot of explaining to do. I created the graph below as a guide to help clarify questions I was facing about the story. The best part of the exercise was how much it helped me clarify what I was doing to myself.
The main anchoring scene of the film occurs in one room and other scenes exist in the lead character’s memory or within her wish fulfillment. In the end it’s up to audience to decide which version of Anna’s life they want to make real.
Anna is ready for the fight. She knows that the only way to escape her life as a prostitute is to reinvent herself. Anna returns to her childhood home to face off against reality and her homicidal revenge fantasies, struggling to find a way to set herself free.
