Synopsis
Hazel, a lonely mother in her fifties, spirals into surreal hallucinations that convince her she has lost her daughter Giana. In reality, Giana is alive and preparing to marry her girlfriend Olivia. Unable to accept her daughter's queerness, Hazel's mind reframes the emotional distance as physical disappearance, forcing her through a nightmarish journey of imagined loss. By the end, the audience realizes our protagonist is also the villain: she hasn't been abandoned, she's simply refusing to let her daughter be herself.
Surreal psychological thriller. Cuckoo meets If I Had Legs I\'d Kick You, with the identity depth of Moonlight. Disorienting cinematography, unsettling sound design, and surrealism used to manifest internal battles into visible horror.
For anyone who has realized their family's love isn't actually unconditional. Hazel represents the people in our lives who merely tolerate the parts of ourselves they don't understand. But tolerance is not acceptance.
