Hello, fellow movie fans. I'm Lily Percy and I'll be your guide this week as I talk with Angelica Jade Bastien about the movie that changed her life, now Voyager.

Chances are you haven't seen it, but don't worry. We're going to give you all the details you'll need to follow along.

So get ready for some old school movie music and the wonder that is Betty Davis.

Music old school movie music and the wonder that is Betty Davis. Mental illness is complex. Hope is often withheld.

Empathetic treatment can sometimes feel like a fantasy.

For me, Now Voyager offered a spark of motivation and hope,

the ability to imagine a future for myself

when I was too poor to get therapy

and too depressed to leave my bed.

It was a small joy I held on to in dark times,

a salve, a form of self-care. This is how a film can save your life. These are the words of

Angelica Jade Bastien. She's a writer and one of my favorite film writers, someone who I deeply

admire because of the way that she's able to view her life through movies.

The film Now Voyager is one that has held a very special place for Angelica for many years

because of the way that it deals with mental illness. It doesn't gloss over it. It is hopeful and yet

really realistic and in the darkest times for Angelica,

she's been able to turn to it for comfort as a friend.

I'm poor Aunt Charlotte, and I've been ill.

I've been in a sanitarium for three months, and I'm not well yet.

Yeah. months and I'm not well yet and I......feing me. Feeling better? Much. Thanks to you, oh many, many thanks to you.

Thanks for what?

Oh, for sharing my carriage today,

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