The Estranged (Making of…)

Film by Sylva Erik Fraser
Description Jonathon Styler is creating a thesis on homelessness and substance abuse; his medium is video.
After becoming weary of the typical patterns seen in his downtown subjects he decides to investigate a long abandoned motel far from home—where a reclusive baglady is rumoured to dwell. Armed with camera gear and a pair of friends, he penetrates the overgrown wreck of a building.

They find their baglady but she is a young woman; impeccably groomed and clad—a newlywed on her honeymoon who lacks only a husband….and a sense of reality. Jonathon is fascinated by the discovery. He and his company soon form the theory that she is a ’poser’ intent on emulating the tragic historical figure known to the area.

Overstepping his role of observer, Jonathon urges the woman to give up her delusions and return to the world. Neither her spirit nor her flesh is willing to leave the motel….