Lisa's Journey

2013 50mMovie

Documentary

After being diagnosed with an incurable disease Lisa returns to her childhood snow-capped landscape where hidden memories from the past lay buried deep under the ice. As Lisa is completely determined not to allow her disease to get any worse she embarks on a journey into her past to find out what may have caused her condition. Using feeling as a compass to lead her back to the past she comes face to face with her memories. Lisa Vipola is living life to the full when diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) at the age of 24. Lisas Sense depicts her perspective towards her own body that sways from curse to temple. Staged scenes and interviews shape a story set the very white nature of Jukkasjärvi in the very north of Sweden. —Anna Byvald