Janie’s just trying to get well. As she recovers from a violent psychotic break, she’s subjected each day to a bizarre holistic health and wellness regimen designed, and enforced, by her lifelong nanny and caretaker. But when she develops an obsession with a stranger, Janie's buried demons begin to surface.
Acting
Sarah Hagan's physical performance—every twitch tells a story.
Cinematography
California sunshine as weapon: beautiful and deeply wrong.
Direction
Cresciman's restraint makes the unhinged moments land harder.
Director
Ben Cresciman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sarah Hagan was 28 playing early-twenties Janie; her performance was partly inspired by watching videos of feral children reintegrating into society.
The film predates the 2018 wellness influencer boom but essentially predicted Goop-as-horror; Cresciman cited 1970s cult deprogramming and Synanon as influences.
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