Pretending to Be Judith

James a jewellery store operator spots Maria in a bit part in a play and asks her to impersonate his mistress Judith who died in an accident so that he can reenact significant scenes from their relationship 23yearold Maria long the victim of various sorts of abuse agrees attracted by what she sees as the love between these people She lives with an emotionally disturbed gambler Hugo who is her boyfriend and occasionally her pimp he sees through this odd roleplaying game and tries to save Maria from what he perceives as danger while she increasingly loses herself in Judiths identity