After the collapse of Earth's ecosystem, Vesper, a 13-year-old girl struggling to survive with her paralyzed Father, meets a mysterious Woman with a secret that forces Vesper to use her wits, strength and bio-hacking abilities to fight for the possibility of a future.
Cinematography
Every frame looks like a wet, rotting botanical illustration come alive.
Practical Effects
Creature effects built from actual organic materials—no sanitized CGI here.
Acting
Raffiella Chapman carries the whole world in her exhausted eyes.
Director
Kristina Buožytė
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The directors spent years developing the film's 'biotechnological' visual language, consulting mycologists to design believable fungal ecosystems.
The Citadel's leaders literally harvest children's blood—making this a rare climate film that connects ecological collapse directly to class vampirism.
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