A man abandons his daughter in an overheating car to be with his childhood sweetheart, ignoring her desperate calls for help.
Adrian chooses his childhood sweetheart Stacy and her son Lucas over his own daughter Esther, leaving the girl trapped in a vehicle as the summer heat turns lethal. When the engine dies and the air conditioning fails, Esther battles encroaching unconsciousness to reach her father, only to have the call cut short. Her final attempt contacts her mother Claire via a dying tablet, but the connection severs before a location can be shared. The premise builds unbearable tension from a parent's calculated absence and a child's resourcefulness pushed to its absolute limit, framing a frantic maternal search against a ticking clock no one can see.
Motifs
Parental betrayal and abandonment
Technology failing at critical moment
Race against invisible deadline
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