Anguish

Lucy asks her mother if she can go camping, but Sarah says no. Lucy angrily exits the car, and immediately is struck by an oncoming vehicle. This accident becomes the catalyst for the haunting that follows.

Tess and her mother Jessica move into a new house. While Tess lingers near the road where Lucy was hit, an unseen force pushes her down into the dirt and won't let her get back up. The encounter marks the beginning of a string of unsettling events.

Back home, Tess begins to experience phenomena she can't explain and initially chalks them up to hallucinations. She grows wary as odd occurrences escalate around her. The line between reality and perception starts to blur.

Tess visits Sarah's bookstore and says something that only Lucy would know, shocking Sarah. The revelation makes Sarah suspicious that something supernatural may be involved. The moment hints at a link between Tess's experiences and Lucy's fate.

Tess confronts the visions in a mirror, and her eye color shifts from blue to brown repeatedly. The changes feel supernatural and suggest that someone else is inhabiting her. The moment signals an escalation of the possession-like phenomena.

Tess collapses at the front door and is rushed to the hospital. She is placed under constant supervision, given medication, and placed in therapy. The medical response contrasts with the growing spiritual interpretation of her experiences.

A priest from Jessica's church visits Tess and suggests that possession may be involved. He offers a spiritual framework for what the doctors are seeing. The idea adds a faith-based dimension to the unfolding events.

Tess is discharged and returns to her bedroom, which Jessica has boarded up for protection. She continues to experience paranormal phenomena and refuses to eat. The guardianship tightens as fear and care compete.

Jessica drives Tess into town, but Tess lunges from the car and runs toward Sarah and Lucy's house. She reaches them and is drawn into the tension surrounding Lucy's fate. The journey marks a turning point where Tess's experiences become a direct bridge to Lucy.

Sarah explains that Tess may have a gift to channel spirits so they can say goodbye and move on. The idea is that Lucy has taken possession of Tess to speak with loved ones. The explanation frames what has been happening as a purposeful connection.

Lucy leaves Tess's body, but another spirit apparently enters Tess; Sarah and Jessica lock Tess in the basement to contain the situation. The struggle underscores the peril and the fragility of Tess's body. Hope for resolution depends on moving Lucy on.

Lucy, inhabiting Tess's body, asks for one more night with her mother and Jessica agrees. The intimate moment is fraught with emotion as the living and the dead share a final contact. The plan remains to let Lucy move on after one last goodbye.

After the night, Sarah tells Lucy that it's time to move on, and Lucy exits Tess's body into the spirit world. Tess returns to her own body, and life seems to return to a fragile normalcy. The family remains unsure of how much Tess has changed.

Later, in a coffee shop, someone asks Tess for her name and she does not respond. The moment hints that Tess's identity has shifted in some lasting way. The film leaves this ambiguity hanging.

Back at home, Tess plays and sings Lucy's song on the guitar, the same tune Lucy made up. Her eye color shifts from blue to brown as a final visual reminder of Lucy's influence. The closing images suggest a lasting, unsettled connection rather than a tidy ending.