Grief-stricken after the loss of her child, Vanessa takes refuge at a lake house only to be met with an aberration of herself from a parallel universe and realizes the multiverse gates hold the key to releasing her grief or trapping her forever.
Acting
Danielle Deadwyler plays two souls with micro-expressions alone.
Cinematography
Lake house becomes a liminal space you can't escape.
Direction
Ahari builds dread through silence, not spectacle.
Director
Kourosh Ahari
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film uses multiverse tropes not for spectacle but as literalized grief work—every 'what if' made flesh.
Deadwyler performed opposite body doubles and empty spaces, with her other self added in post—she never acted with herself on set.
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