Short synopsis:
Anna lives with a mental and physical disability – diabetes and psychosis and doesn’t believe in “conventional” medicine. Anna has applied to end her disability benefits as she doesn’t want to be checked in for medication by the mental health nurse. A letter arrives indicating that her request has been fulfilled by the Disability Tribunal. Although previously fired from many past jobs, Anna believes she will find employment and support herself financially. This is a problem for her partner, John, who, as her caregiver, is reliant on her monthly benefits for their rent and basic needs. After refusing to take medications and seeking to end her disability benefits, Anna uses creative means to find income and meet the challenge set by her brother to find a new job.
Long synopsis:
Anna lives with a mental and physical disability – diabetes and psychosis. Because of the nature of her disabilities, she’s unable to function independently, needing her partner, an experimental filmmaker, as her caregiver. Despite her illnesses, Anna is in denial about the seriousness of her condition as she does not believe in conventional medicine. She refuses to take any medications or treatments for either her mental or physical illness. She insists on natural treatments to build self-immunity, something her brother, John, tries hard to convince her against.
Anna has applied to end her disability benefits. A letter arrives indicating that her request has been fulfilled by the Disability Tribunal. Although previously fired from many past jobs, Anna believes she will find employment and support herself financially. This is a problem for her partner, John, who, as her caregiver, is reliant on her monthly benefits for their rent and basic needs. Frustrated, he gives her the ultimatum that she needs to hold a job and come up with the rent for the next month or she’ll have to appeal the decision by the upcoming deadline. Anna accepts the challenge. The film explores how Anna navigates the situation and the dynamics between the two people who have deep love for each other but also need to coexist despite very different values, hopes, wants, and desires.