Descent

The film begins in winter during Maya's final year of college, a time of exploration that quickly shatters after the assault. It then follows roughly a year of withdrawal, reinvention, and coping through work, nightlife, and acts of revenge. The arc ends in a quiet, ambiguous note about healing and accountability.

The story moves through a college environment and a string of social venues: a campus party, a restaurant gathering, and private spaces like Jared's apartment. It also visits Maya's workplace and the glittering nightlife of clubs, contrasting public social scenes with intimate, private rooms where power and vulnerability intersect. The varied locations ground Maya's experiences from everyday student life to the secretive, nocturnal world she enters after the assault.

💔 Trauma

The story centers on the long shadow of sexual violence and how it reshapes Maya's identity, relationships, and sense of safety. It portrays the slow, non-linear path of coping, depression, and addiction, as well as the struggle to reclaim agency.

⚔️ Revenge

Driven by a need to control what happened, Maya engages in a morally complex revenge against her abuser. The plan tests the limits of justice, consent, and the consequences of coercive power, raising questions about what real empowerment looks like.

🎭 Identity

Maya lives a double life: a reserved student and an emboldened figure in the nightclub world. The duality reflects how trauma can fracture identity, and how reinvention can be both freeing and ethically complicated.