My
memory was
blank.

EYES / stills

Annas face in an old mirror, hotel room. Streaks of black mascara on cheeks. (SOUND of water running from a tap. )

She cleans her face. Dries it with towel. Paints new eyebrows with black pencil. Thick straight lines. Curved lines like a smiling mouth / a sad mouth.

The mirror lies cracked on the floor. The window is left open. Outside an empty white sky.

MARIA _ memoirs /
voice-over

"I woke up in a parking lot. I didn´t know what had happened. My feet ached, my shoes were lost.

I sat there, staring at the dirty and dusty nails. I realized it was night, I was alone in a dark unknown place.

I wasn´t robbed or anything. I had my money, my mobile phone. My memory was blank.

On the ground I found a cigarette cover with a telephone number. It looked like my handwriting. I don´t smoke so I must have met and talked to someone.

I walked to a street corner, found a name of the street and called for a cab. I made myself a promise, I would leave Paris. At once."