The Lavender Girl

Longline:
A lavender saleswoman fights to hide her identity as a wealthy heiress despite living a modest life with her childhood nanny...but the arrival of a troubled bandleader uncovers her secret and threatens her world.

Synopsis:
After a tragic accident claims the lives of her wealthy family, Carlota, the sole heiress, shuns the opulence of her inheritance and retreats to a humble life in Valdemossa, Mallorca. Living with her devoted nanny, Carlota dedicates herself to caring for orphans in a convent, finding solace in the simplicity of selling lavender in the village market.

Her quiet existence is disrupted when Prince Liam, a renowned and troubled New York bandleader, arrives on the island seeking refuge. Reeling from betrayal by his girlfriend—his band’s lead singer—who was caught in an affair with his father, Liam’s life spirals further when his mother is killed in a tragic accident on the island. Left emotionally shattered, Liam becomes a recluse, hidden away by the nuns in Carlota’s secluded home.

As Carlota and Liam, two souls burdened by loss and trauma, are thrust into each other’s lives, they begin a tentative journey of healing. Through shared pain and unexpected moments of connection, they help each other confront their pasts. Together, they rediscover the strength to step back into the world, reclaiming not only their own lives but also their places on the grand stage of life.

  • Sophie von Rheden
    Writer
  • Movie Play International Film Festival
    Official Selection
    Best First Time Screenwriter
  • 4th Dimension Independent Film Festival
    Official Selection
    Best Feature Script
  • EdiPlay International Film Festival
    Selected
    Best Feature Script
  • Movie Play International Film Festival
    Nominee
    Best First Time Screenwriter
  • Indiefare International Film
    FINALIST
    Best Screenplay
  • Love&Hope International Film Festival
    NOMINEE
    Best Feature Script
  • 4th Dimension Film Festival Bali
    NOMINEE
    Best Feature Script
  • Sweden International Film Festival
    NOMINEE
    Best Screenwriting
  • Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival
    FINALIST
    Best Feature Script
  • Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival
    Finalist
    Best Feature Script Made in Baleares
  • Project Type:
    Screenplay
  • Genres:
    romance, family drama
  • Number of Pages:
    90
  • Country of Origin:
    Spain
  • Language:
    English, German, Spanish
  • First-time Screenwriter:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • EdiPlay International Film Festival
    Paris, France 🇫🇷
    January 2, 2023
    Award Winner 🏆 Best Feature Script or screenplay
  • MoviePlay International Film Festival
    London UK 🇬🇧
    January 9, 2023
    Award Winner 🏆 Best First Time Screenwriter.
  • Bright International Film Festival
    London UK 🇬🇧
    January 16, 2023
    Award Winner 🏆 Best Feature Screenplay
  • 4th Dimension Independent Film Festival
    Bali, Indonesien 🇮🇩
    January 17, 2023
    Award Winner 🏆 Best Feature Script
  • World Film Carnival
    Singapore 🇸🇬
    January 23, 2023
    Award Winner 🏆 Best Feature Screenplay
  • Sweden International Film Festival
    Arvika Sweden 🇸🇪
    January 28, 2023
    Awarded Winner 🏆 Best Screenwriting
  • Movie Play International Film Festival
    London England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
    January 9, 2023
    Award Winner 🏆 Best First Time Screenwriter
  • Dreamz Catcher International Film Festival
    Kolkata, West Bengal
    February 12, 2023
    AWARD WINNER 🏆
  • Love&Hope International Film Festival
    Barcelona
    September 22, 2023
    Best feature screenplay
Writer Biography - Sophie von Rheden

Sophie is a German late-blooming, totally autodidact scriptwriter who won the 2022 Evolution Mallorca Film Festival with her debut feature script. In 2023, she was a twice finalist with her two scripts and became a month before an Award winner in Barcelona.
Based in Madrid, she started in the pandemic and has already written multiple scripts. Flickers Rhode Island Int. FF placed another script as a Semi-Finalist. Her favourite genres are romance drama and romantic comedy. She was also branching out her first short horror. Her latest project is a short film production of her latest short script as a first-time director and producer.

Her dream is to get her first script produced in her lifetime.
Her writing is based on long life experiences, her kind of film school. Sophie also treasures reading to her two little granddaughters.

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Writer Statement

These are two of my favourite statements from the most significant filmmakers and directors.

“Screenwriters are the opposite of Athletes; they get better with age.”
Aaron Sorkin

"If it can be written or thought, it can be filmed."
Stanley Kubrick

Age is just a number when it comes to chasing your dreams. My writing invites audiences on an emotional journey, whether it brings laughter or tears.