Based on the spoken-word poem “The Leftovers” written by Faven Wondwosen, the story provides snippets of the lives of three girls, Honey, Mija, and 宝贝 (Bao Bei) as they deal with the struggles of adolescence and their eating disorders. Brought up in extremely different cultural circumstances, their lives seem to intertwine in battling with their image of themselves, forming a linear narrative of recovery. We explore the role of their three mothers, Mama, Mamá, and 妈妈(māma) in observing their daughter’s gradual fall into the rabbit hole that is body dysmorphia. Ultimately, this is a story about the role of motherly figures as harbor for a daughter’s pain, and home as a trap as well as a place of recovery. The entire film is narrated by an external omniscient voice.
Please read over the Audition Packet, attached below, for information on auditions!
If you decide to auditon, please fill out the audition form at the link below BEFORE coming to your audition.
AUDITIONS WILL BE HELD IN LC/WLH (room TBA on audition day)
the_leftovers_audition_packet_2.pdf (.pdf - 103.25KB)