Q&A with director Jessie Barr

Loving someone means accepting you might have to grieve them, a lesson Sophie (Jessica Barr) learns at the age of 16, after her mother’s death. Desperate to fill that void of love in her life, to feel anything at all, Sophie sets out on a quietly self-destructive path; stirring up drama with her friends, lashing out at her family, and sparking up a string of dispassionate hook-ups that only leave her feeling more empty. Executive Produced by Nicole Holofcener, SOPHIE JONES is a stirring directorial debut from Jessie Barr, elegantly simple and admirably candid in its portrait of how grief transforms us – and how connecting with others helps us find our way back. —Haleigh Foutch