Bryan Huang

An international student hosts her visiting parents in her Sydney flat, and spends two fraught days wrestling with her mother’s unspoken apprehensions about the life her daughter has chosen to build in Australia.

In a world where every day could be your last, Theo, a young survivor, still grapples with the loss of his little brother. When Lucía, a resilient Hispanic woman, insists on joining him for the solemn ritual of burning her friend’s body, Theo reluctantly steps out of his isolated routine. As they journey through the desolate Australian bush, they realize that forging human connections may be their last hope in the midst of desolation.