When a modern Ulysses, struggling with PTSD, wakes up without memory in a post-apocalyptic desert, an alleged Calypso tries to help him uncover the truth.
Acting
Merchant's slippery warmth—never sure if she's savior or trap
Cinematography
Desert as psychological landscape, gorgeous and hostile
Writing
Greek myth remix that trusts you to drown in ambiguity
Director
Luca Severi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Severi filmed in actual Mojave ghost towns abandoned after 2008 housing collapse, literal ruins as metaphor.
The 82-minute runtime mirrors the average REM cycle—Severi confirmed this was intentional sleep-dream architecture.