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She's popping pills and riding motorcycles—now a 7-year-old might be her salvation or unraveling.

Splinter

gritty indiepsychological unravelinggenerational wound

Overview

DramaThriller

A motorcycle-riding, pill-popping school psychologist must come to terms with her own trauma in order to help a seven-year-old girl exhibiting mysterious behaviors.

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Content warning
motorcycledrugsrepressed traumachild psychologistintergenerational trauma
repressed traumahealing through witnessingprofessional boundariesmaternal inheritance of pain

Standout Aspects

Acting

Jaicy Elliot carries the unraveling with zero vanity.

Direction

Contrada trusts silence over exposition—rare for a debut.

Writing

Psychologist as patient; the role reversal hits different.

Best for:Solo: Late night when you're ready to sit with your own ghosts.·Streaming: Small screen intimacy; this needs to feel claustrophobic.
Heads up:Drug Use: Pill use is frequent and depicted without moralizing.·Triggers: Child in distress; trauma imagery that lingers.
R

Director

Rio Contrada

Runtime1h 25m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacesteady
Intensityhigh
Tonedark
Feelheavy

Top Cast

Debbie Allen

Debbie Allen

Mrs. James

Scout Tayui-Lepore

Scout Tayui-Lepore

Rosy

Jaicy Elliot

Jaicy Elliot

Jade

Presciliana Esparolini

Presciliana Esparolini

Claudia

Karl Makinen

Karl Makinen

Bruce

Sophia Tayui-Lepore

Sophia Tayui-Lepore

Second Rosy

Poonam Basu

Poonam Basu

Lindsay

Cinai Leonard

Cinai Leonard

Marleen

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Insight

The film deliberately avoids diagnosing Rosy, rejecting the 'magical child' or 'demon child' thriller tropes for something messier.

Trivia

Debbie Allen's casting as Mrs. James was last-minute; her scene was shot in a single four-hour window.

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