Paper Spiders

Dawn (Lili Taylor) recently lost her husband and experiences growing anxiety as her daughter Melanie (Stefania Owen) plans to move away for college. An argument with a hostile new neighbor aggravates Dawn's mental condition, and she begins to show signs of paranoid delusions. Determined to help her mom, Melanie attempts a series of interventions, hoping that her guidance counselor (Michael Cyril Creighton), a private investigator (Max Casella) or even a new date (Tom Papa) may help, but to no avail. Melanie navigates her friendship with Lacy (Peyton List) and romance with the troubled Daniel (Ian Nelson) while trying to keep her mother afloat, but challenging Dawn's reality of persecution threatens to destroy their loving relationship. Melanie is forced to make the toughest of choices as she struggles to support her mother on the path toward recovery and healing.