Film Semi -

Leo didn’t answer. The film continued. Young Leo was leaving. Packing a suitcase. Nina — or the ghost of her — stood in the doorway and said, “You don’t write about us because you’re afraid. You write about us because it’s the only way you know how to stay.”

“You used my face?” she whispered.

“You came,” he said.

Leo finally turned to face her. His hands were shaking. FILM SEMI

“That’s not Mom,” she said. “That’s me. The day you left for the festival. I was seven. You promised to come back in a week. You came back in three years.” Leo didn’t answer