Helen

One of the most arresting films of the last two years has been Helen. This tells the story of Helen who bears a stunning resemblance to Joy who disappeared on the way home after saying goodbye to her friends in the park. Helen is chosen to play Joy in a reconstruction of the last moments leading to Joy’s disappearance. Helen uses this to subtly change her identity and begins to do the things Joy used to, spending time with the people she did, even kissing Joy’s boyfriend. The film makes one think what is our identity based on, is it what we think and do or is it how other people see us. I suppose the answer is somewhere in between and that we’re all a jumble of personalities anyway. February 2010