Thomas Lindsey is a regular everyday normal guy… The only thing that set’s him apart is his collection of hornet’s nets. Like many others he’s going trough hard times and decides to invest all he has in Wellness Corporation as well as offering them his services. During winter he has to move away from his family to work for them in a lost little town in Pennsylvania. There he tries as hard as he can to convince potential investors to take part in this business of which he himself knows only very little. What if Wellness Corporation was only a chimera?

Wellness takes us alongside Thomas Lindsey – the impressive Jeff Clark – a somewhat slightly colorless but sympathetic fellow who despite his best efforts seems completely out of place in his salesman’s suit. Often confronted with uncomfortable or pathetic situations we cannot help developing a deep empathy for this individual full of good will and devotion for an employer who knows how to make him believe in a better future. Deep, sensitive and authentic, Wellness is particularly relevant in the actual economical context.

Jake Mahaffy studied filmmaking at RISD and the Russian State Institute of Cinematography in Moscow. In 1996 he started directing a few experimental shorts and then a long feature War in 2004. His movies are known around the world, especially through festivals like Rotterdam or Sundance. Co-founder of the production company Handcranked in Boston he is now developing a new filmmaking program at Wheaton College, MA. Wellness is his second long feature.