My Imprisoned Heart

My Imprisoned Heart is a short drama-comedy film made in 2007 by the Make Your Mark in Film campaign. The screenplay was written by Judy Upton and stars Bella Heesom (Emma), Alex Falk (Jamie) and Deborah Bouchard (Avril).

Plot

The plot centres around a young woman called Emma who has just split up with her fiancé Jamie after he cheated on her. Not sure how to cope with the pain and rejection, Emma resorts to desperate measures and tricks Jamie into going into an abonded warehouse filled with his possessions. Once inside, she locks him in indefinitely.

Using her expertise as a performance artist, Emma sets up a website and broadcasts Jamie's every move over a webcam to an audience of millions. The new phenomenon sweeps the nation's media and Emma becomes scared and doesn't know how to end the now out of hand revenge.

She asks her friend Avril to help her get some money so they can leave the country, and just as they are about to let Jamie out, he tricks them and locks them back in the warehouse, broadcasting their movements over the internet.

Release

The film premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival on August 22, 2007.^[1]

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