Sa piling (at one's side) a short feature on a loving mother who believes that her daughter is an impostor

• Main Authors: Del Rosario, Sienna Alyssa D., Dizon, Joshua Reginald C., Sanchez, Jamie
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2014
• Subjects: Feature films; Teenagers in motion pictures; Missing children; Communication
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/10744
• Institution: De La Salle University

This short feature intends to show that anyone is susceptible to harm, no matter how stable ones life may seem to be. It also shows how others are greatly affected by someone who is suffering from a mental-illness, in the way that they experience instability despite not being the one who is mentally-ill. Sophia, a 32-year old mother, is desperately looking for her 8 year-old daughter, Sab. On the other hand, Sophia's husband, Paolo, is uncaring about the fact that their daughter has been missing, which makes Sophia feel like Paolo has something to do with Sabs disappearance. Sophia gets a call from Diane who is from a Missing Person Company (MPC), and she offers to help Sophia. From then on, Sophia visits the MPC and finds a friend in Diane because she is the only one trying to help her, while Paolo insists that the impostor is Sab. Eventually, Sophia finds herself in Diane's office, which how looks like a doctors clinic, and it is revealed to her that after the car accident, she acquired a mental illness called Capgras Syndrome which causes her to believe that her daughter is an impostor. It is revealed in the film that Sophia recovers and recognizes Sab... but not for long. After a few months, she goes through a relapse and cannot recognize her daughter one again.