The Tracey Fragments (film)

The Tracey Fragments is a 2007 Canadian psychological thriller film directed by Bruce McDonald. The film stars Ellen Page as Tracey Berkowitz, a troubled teenager searching for her missing younger brother, Sonny.

The film is notable for its unconventional and fragmented narrative structure, utilizing a split-screen technique to display multiple perspectives and timelines simultaneously. This chaotic visual style reflects Tracey's fractured mental state and her struggle to process the events surrounding Sonny's disappearance.

The film follows Tracey as she is taken into custody after being found wrapped in a shower curtain on a bus, wandering the streets of Winnipeg. Through flashbacks and fragmented memories, the audience is given glimpses into Tracey's troubled past, her difficult family life, and her obsessive search for Sonny. The narrative pieces together hints about Sonny's fate and the factors contributing to Tracey's psychological breakdown.

The Tracey Fragments explores themes of trauma, loss, mental illness, and the challenges of adolescence. The film's disorienting and often disturbing imagery aims to immerse the viewer in Tracey's subjective experience and highlight the complexities of her reality. The fragmented narrative aims to reflect the way trauma can fragment memory and perception.