The Desert (2018)

In a suburban mansion, Martha sneaks into her son's virtual reality chamber. Here, he wanders through a desert with extraordinary powers. The machine is intended as a psychiatric treatment, yet Martha's trespass sets in motion a series of threatening events. The virtual reality, it seems, has begun to leak into their home. Inspired by Melodrama films of the 1950s, THE DESERT examines feminist heroism through the lens of contemporary sci-fi.