Amy and Sophia

Sophia's parents died before her eyes in a car crash when she was a child. Scarred by the experience and smothered by her grandparents, she escapes into her imagination, where she thrives in fantastical surroundings. Amy is also disconnected from her life as she follows her mother back to the UK from the States, leaving her troubled father behind. At first it seems as though she's destined to repeat her mother's mistakes, falling in with a local gang. Then she meets Sophia. They appear to be so different from one another: Amy assured and world-weary, Sophia shy and sheltered. But as Amy's past catches up with her and the choices she makes threaten her very life, it's Sophia who saves her. (Denver International Film Festival)