A man, his meds, and a woman who claims to be Bergman's secret daughter walk into the Highlands.
Discharged from a psychiatric hospital, Jacob attempts to resume life in Edinburgh, control his schizophrenia and be a worthwhile member of society. He works collecting litter from streets and parks. He boxes. He takes medication. He writes everything down. His Dad barely wants to know him. Frustrated by this banal existence and encouraged by his psychiatrist, Jacob travels to the Highlands in search of fulfillment. By the sea he encounters the charismatic Eva, who claims to be the secret daughter of Ingmar Bergman. She's on a mission. Jacob and Eva embark upon adventures.
Acting
Tim Barrow's lived-in schizophrenia—never showy, never safe.
Cinematography
Highlands as psychological state: vast, indifferent, briefly hopeful.
Writing
Bergman homage that earns its pretension through genuine desperation.
Director
Tim Barrow
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Bergman references aren't decorative—Persona and Through a Glass Darkly echo Jacob's fractured subjectivity, making Eva's claim a meta-commentary on cinema as escape.
Director Tim Barrow cast himself as Jacob after a decade developing the script with mental health organizations; the litter-collecting detail came from shadowing actual workers in Edinburgh.
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