The mystery and the tragedy…
In 2006, Joyce Vincent’s body was discovered in a bedsit above a bustling shopping centre in north London. She had died three years earlier in the middle of wrapping Christmas presents. But until the council came calling for rent arrears nobody had even noticed that the 38-year-old was missing.
The strange, sad tale of how a popular, well-liked, urban professional fell through the cracks is recounted in Carol Morley’s haunting new documentary, Dreams of a Life.
The director’s four-year investigation into Joyce Vincent and the bizarre, tragic circumstances of her death has turned up friends, lovers and colleagues, all of whom recall a bright, bubbly girl with plenty of potential suitors and a flair for looking good.
Read Tara Brady’s interview with Zawe Ashton, star of Dreams of a Life http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2012/0106/1224309854934.html
