A reclusive young woman hiding from a life-altering illness sees her fragile new reality implode when the lover she abandoned arrives at her isolated farm—dragging buried truths, impossible choices, and a past she was willing to die to escape back to her doorstep.
Type:
Feature
Status:
For sale
Page Count:
112pp
Genre:
Drama, Romance
Budget:
Independent
Age Rating:
13+
Based On:
Original Story by: Berki Ferenc
Synopsis/Details

After retreating to an isolated countryside home, Hayley exists in a fragile balance—physically weakened, emotionally closed off, and determined to face everything alone. The house, run by a quietly observant older couple, asks nothing of her. Maeve, another outsider who has chosen to stay, becomes a steady, wordless presence at her side.
But when Maeve secretly reaches out to Lena—someone Hayley left behind—everything shifts.
Lena’s arrival fractures the fragile stillness Hayley has built. Old wounds resurface, unspoken choices collide, and the three women are pulled into a tense, intimate reckoning where silence carries as much weight as words. As Hayley’s condition worsens, the question is no longer just why she left—but whether connection, once broken, can still hold.
Told through restrained dialogue and quiet, observational moments, the story unfolds in the spaces between people—where care is offered without permission, love is expressed without certainty, and staying becomes the hardest choice of all.
In the end, as the rhythms of the house continue unchanged, what remains is not resolution—but presence.

All Accolades & Coverage

WGA-Certified based on the Original Book: Still Here by: Berki Ferenc

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The Writer: Ferenc Berki

I’m a Europe-based writer creating metaphysical sci-fi and atmospheric horror driven by psychological depth and existential themes. My stories explore identity, consciousness, and the fragile boundary between reality and the unknown. I'm having horrible nightmares since my childhood and 2 years ago, I started to enjoy them and create screenplays about them, and alongside I'm writing emotional dramas which are mostly based on real events. Currently working with the Indian Action and Sci-Fi Director, Shalin Sharma on a Psyhological-Thriller Movie. With a Hungarian Director I'm working as a Voice Actor on an Animal Documentary Movie. My Award Winning Scripts: Back Seat Cencal FinLit Film… Go to bio
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