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A tiny drag of a cigarette. The occasional stoned night staring up at the stars. Getting drunk on wine and getting silly with our friends. Vices. Guilty pleasures. For many of us, casual indulgences are things that make life a little exciting, something to elevate the conscious or disrupt the ordinary. But for some people, little vices have a way of permeating deep into their lives to become full blown addictions. Jones is about a woman who, when she is inebriated feels blithe and sexually liberated. It also leaves her alone in alley ways, unable to remember the night before. But the decision to stop drinking is just the beginning of any addict’s journey. It’s an important step but it is the start of a life long process to forget the care freeness at the bottom of a bottle and the loneliness that can overwhelm an alone and sober brain. Using dream like storytelling we show the grit and drive in one woman’s life to find pleasures outside of alcohol and how she must keep running away from the inner demons that threaten to drown her.

  • Runtime
    9 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United States
  • Premiere
    NEW YORK CITY Premiere
  • Director
    Stacey Maltin
  • Screenwriter
    Margarita Zhitnikova
  • Producer
    Carrie Radigan, Margarita Zhitnikova, Stacey Maltin
  • Cast
    Margarita Zhitnikova, Michael Varamogiannis Hernandez, Lisa Tharps