Girls Lost

Kim, Momo, and Bella navigate a hostile school environment where taunts and harassment are common. Teachers are indifferent or absent, offering little protection. The girls endure each day with quiet resilience as they seek small moments of control.

During a chance moment, they discover a flower whose nectar can temporarily turn them into boys. The discovery promises a radical shift in how they can wield power and agency. The possibility of pursuing this dangerous change looms over them.

With nectar, the girls experience male forms, gaining a controversial sense of control in their world. The changes also reveal how power can alter their relationships with classmates and teachers. Kim, in particular, senses a door opening to freedom she has long imagined.

At a party hosted by Mandus Berg as Tony, Bella chokes on a joint and the room erupts in laughter. Kim reluctantly joins in, marking a turning point as she confronts her own desire for a double self. The next day she begins to see the zipper metaphor as a glimpse of a second self.

The day after, Kim confesses to Momo that she feels like a zipper is opening inside her, and wonders who she could become. The conversation deepens their sense that they might choose who they are, despite the danger. The idea of a double self becomes a fixation for the group.

The experience of shifting identities gives Kim and Momo new confidence when facing bullies and a negligent teacher. They begin to test boundaries and push back against the harassment that defined their lives. Yet the flower's life remains limited and precarious.

Tony teaches Kim how to drive, drawing her deeper into his dangerous world. A gun appears from the glove compartment, and Tony oddly urges Kim toward self-harm, underscoring the toxicity of their environment. Kim's thrill at independence collides with real peril.

Momo questions whether Kim loves Tony or wants to be him, while Kim admits a complicated pull toward Tony. Momo reveals she loves Kim and wonders if Kim wants to be with girls or become a boy. The conversation exposes fragile loyalties and shifting identities.

Kim's longing for Tony leads to a ruptured trust when he punches her, douses her with lighter fluid, and threatens to set her on fire. Kim runs for safety while Momo, in a male guise, steps in to offer support. The moment reveals how perilous their experiment has become.

Kim reaches a warehouse where Tony and other youths gather and finds him attempting to assault another girl. She delivers a brutal kick, and Momo intervenes to protect her. Kim refuses to stop drinking the nectar, widening the rift between her and Momo.

In the wake of the escalating conflict, Momo burns down the greenhouse and the flower, erasing the source of their transformations. The act marks a devastating end to their experiment and leaves them grappling with loss. Kim begins to reckon with what their choices have cost.

Grieving and unsettled, Kim packs a bag and leaves notes for her mom and Momo. She visits Bella to say goodbye, who hands over the ravaged roots of the plant as a haunting remnant. Kim drives away, last seen on a rural stretch, crying with a gun in hand.