A teen girl prepares to leave for prom when a sudden thump halts her. Marked by the experience, she and her mother retreat into unspoken rituals—until the past demands a reckoning they can no longer ignore. Inspired by true events, “Thump” is a raw, surreal descent into the unknown.
Director’s Vision for ‘Thump’
A’s story is our story- or mine, my mom’s, and the old woman whom I never met. I was on my way to school on what seemed like just another Tuesday. I remember obsessing over my outfit, asking my Mom what shoes I should wear because she was my best friend and because I cared a lot about what other people thought. I was just 17, looking forward to the rest of my senior year, prom, and college. And that’s when it happened. I killed someone. It’s taken me twelve years to say that. And while it still feels shameful and strangely surreal, I don’t think it ever won’t.
The truth is that life changes in the ordinary instant and there is no explanation or reason or anything logical about it. Nothing could have prepared me for that moment. After the accident, I did what most little girls do. I ran and I hid and I kept it a big secret. I became bitter, cynical, and angry. Nothing really mattered anymore. I spent my life trying to do everything right, striving for perfection and goodness. I couldn’t stomach the betrayal.
When I finally began telling our story, I cried every time. I felt ugly and exposed, all the while wishing I wasn’t, or didn’t have to be in the first place. I need to tell this story because I have to. Because I don’t know what else to do with my secrets then to share them. Because it is in sharing our sorrows that we are pieced back together. For it is when we are finally able to accept that we are powerless, that we are able to become empowered. Doing the wrong thing doesn’t make you a bad person, it just makes you a person.
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