India, Feb. 1 -- A horrific crime happens in the first ten minutes of Josephine, the sophomore feature from Beth de Araujo, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. 8-year-old Josephine (Mason Reeves in her acting debut). During her routine soccer run at San Francisco's Golden Gate Park with her father Damien (played by Channing Tatum), she accidentally witnesses a sexual assault. A man rapes a jogger outside a public bathroom. As it turns out, Josephine is the sole eyewitness to this crime, and the film then follows her perspective as she grapples with what she saw and what it really means.

Nothing can truly prepare you for the gut punch Josephine delivers, which then offers a space for healing and conversation around a difficult ...