Katie Prentiss

An overworked housewife finds solace in her retired neighbor whose onset of dementia reveals neglect in both of their lives.

An overworked housewife finds solace in her retired neighbor whose onset of dementia reveals neglect in both of their lives.

Inspired by true experiences of grief, girlhood, and growing up, Jessie Barr’s SOPHIE JONES provides a stirring portrait of a sixteen-year-old. Stunned by the untimely death of her mother and struggling with the myriad challenges of teendom, Sophie (played with striking immediacy by the director’s cousin Jessica Barr) tries everything she can to feel something again, while holding herself together, in this sensitive, acutely realized, and utterly relatable coming-of-age story.