Trailer For The Mental Illness Drama PAPER SPIDERS Starring Lili Taylor
I’ve got a wonderful trailer here for you to watch for a little heartfelt and moving film titled Paper Spiders. The film deals with mental health and it tells a coming-of-age story about a high-school girl trying to help her mother who’s mental health is deteriorating and she begins to show signs of paranoid delusions.
The movie stars Lili Taylor, Peyton List, Max Casella, David Rasche, Stefania LaVie Owen, Jennifer Cody, Ian Nelson, and Tom Papa. Here’s the synopsis for the film.
Dawn (Lili Taylor) recently lost her husband and has growing anxiety as her daughter Melanie (Stefania LaVie Owen) plans to move away for college. An altercation with a hostile new neighbor aggravates her mental condition, and she begins to show signs of paranoid delusions. Determined to help, Melanie attempts a series of interventions, but challenging Dawn’s reality of persecution threatens to destroy their loving relationship. Her mental illness spirals out of control — sabotaging Melanie’s academics, social life, and blossoming love life. Melanie is forced to make the toughest of choices as she struggles to support her mother on the path toward recovery and healing. A bittersweet story about coming of age in the shadow of mental illness.
Entertainment Squad will release the film on May 7th, which is Mother's Day weekend and also the start of Mental Health Awareness Month. I enjoy little indie films like this that tell stories that matter.