Braids

"Braids" is about taking control of your own situation, it's about getting inspired. The film's initial plot was all about female independence, a woman standing up against an abusive reality. Films are about real life, wherever they are set, whether they are set in an imaginary land or on the moon. I wanted Sophia (Bibi Lucille) the main character, to be an underdog, to feel helpless, almost ghostly, she was meant for something bigger but is trapped in a society and a relationship that limits her. As human beings, we don't feel the necessity to change until we look at the possibilities until someone tells us "this is what you could do this is who you could be". So Sophia witnesses change, she witnesses reality and she becomes affected by it. Sophia's freedom comes at a cost, much like changing our lives comes at the expense of abdication. Sophia, therefore, becomes flawed, she becomes human. I hope "Braids" is a good representation of what filmmakers can achieve if they treat their characters as human if they explore the extremes of a situation. It's not a hero piece, but a story that feels, in its distance, real. Sometimes monsters can be beat.