My Personal Problem #3

Joan Wilson, a lonely office worker, fabricates a friend named Elizabeth to explain her own feelings of isolation, only to find herself caught in a web of her own making when her coworker Johnny suggests bringing Elizabeth and his friend together. As Joan struggles to maintain the illusion, she begins to wonder if the loneliness she’s been pretending to escape might be something she can finally confront—on her own terms.

Nickie Ames returns to Hopeville after his military service, only to find his former girlfriend married and his job gone. He strikes up an unexpected connection with Jean Day, the quiet, kind-hearted waitress at the diner where he’s now working, and slowly begins to open up to the idea of a new beginning—though he’s still unsure what the future holds.