Maxie

The main action unfolds in a contemporary urban setting as a married couple settles into a rundown apartment. Interwoven are flashbacks and a spectral link to Maxie Malone’s 1920s era, revealed through the apartment itself and a fateful Cleopatra audition.

The film is set in a faded apartment building in San Francisco. The building becomes the portal to a past life when Maxie Malone left a message behind its walls. Modern life around the city contrasts with the apartment's lingering 1920s atmosphere.

🌀 Identity

A ghostly soul inhabits Jan, merging past and present. The possession raises questions of free will, selfhood, and how two lives can coexist within one body. The film uses this boundary-crossing to explore personal awakening and dependence.

🎭 Performance

Maxie’s star persona returns through Jan’s body, culminating in a Cleopatra audition. The line between acting and living blurs as characters reveal and reinvent themselves on stage and in life. Performance is shown as both art and survival.

💃 Liberation

The possession allows Jan to express sexuality and confidence she previously suppressed. Maxie’s vivacious spirit empowers a freer sense of self, offering a rebirth through shared memory. The result is a more liberated, self-assured woman.