Déjà Vu

The film is set in the mid-2000s, primarily around the year 2006. A government surveillance program creates a four-and-a-quarter day window into the past, enabling attempts to avert the disaster. The narrative toggles between present-day investigation scenes and past events as characters grapple with changing history.

The events unfold in New Orleans along the Mississippi River, a port city famous for its music, nightlife, and Mardi Gras celebrations. The ferry disaster becomes the central precipitating event that drives the investigation. Docks, boats, and the riverfront setting shape the mood and urgency of the story.

⏳ Time Travel

Snow White creates a real-time window into the past, driving the film’s central premise of changing history. The pursuit of saving Claire collides with the limits of causality and the unknown costs of meddling with time. The story uses the temporal loop to explore fate, memory, and the consequences of tampering with events.

💫 Sacrifice

The protagonists risk themselves and accept personal loss for the chance to save others. Doug’s mission comes at a heavy cost, including the danger to his life and the emotional toll of altering a loved one’s fate. The ending frames sacrifice as the price of hope in a moment of crisis.

⚖️ Ethics

The Snow White program raises questions about surveillance, privacy, and the manipulation of history for security. The team debates the moral implications of altering events versus preserving innocent lives. The film uses the premise to probe whether the ends justify potentially catastrophic means.