Bella Vista

Bella Vista is a fictiondocumentary hybrid that tells the story of a woman at a crossroads In the dead of winter in the mountain valley of Missoula Montana Doris has just returned to the US after years teaching English abroad At the local university she forms a small community with her class of international students But outside she is alienated unable to form meaningful connections Doris explores the town coming across clues to a recent legacy of displaced persons an old photograph of an Indian camp a row of Japanese graves in the local cemetery And she is haunted by a strange encounter with a boy who lives in a motel on the edge of town As winter begins to thaw she and her students must consider the complexities of adapting and belonging What if home is no longer a place but just an idea Could you lose yourself completely The next decision they make will redefine not only their lives but their very identities