Hellphone

Sid spots Angie and tries to catch her attention with a skateboarding routine. He hits his mark briefly, but the moment ends when he crashes into a vegetable cart, scattering produce and drawing laughs. Angie watches from a distance as Sid scrambles to salvage his dignity.

Back home, Sid asks his mother for birthday cash, clinging to a modest €30 as the seed of a bigger plan. His mother offers the practical amount, leaving Sid with a flicker of possibilities. The number becomes a symbol of the risk he's about to take.

Sid heads to the fast-food joint where he works to ask his boss for an advance. Mr. Fritz refuses politely, forcing Sid to confront the narrowing margins of his plan. Desperation nudges him toward an almost magical solution.

Sid visits a peculiar shop run by Patrick Vo and walks away with a red phone with horn-like protrusions that hums as soon as he holds it. He dubs the device Hellphone and senses it responding to his questions. The purchase marks the start of a dangerous, magical turn in his days.

In science class, the Hellphone seems to answer Sid's silent questions with surprising precision. The device's power feels immediate and intimate, bending the classroom's dynamics in Sid's favor. Sid's confidence begins to swell as the class grapples with problems he can solve with help from the phone.

The Hellphone dials Margot and coaxes her into a reckless act, letting her lash out by setting Clemence's hair on fire with a Bunsen burner. The incident lands Margot in the principal's office and unsettles the school's social order. The phone's influence spreads, attracting attention and danger.

The Hellphone unlocks Sid's social life, enabling direct chats with Angie, a date, and even perks like a borrowed race car and a sharp new suit. Sid's confidence grows, but so does the device's grip on his choices. The line between influence and coercion starts to blur.

Virgile attacks Sid to reclaim attention and status, but the Hellphone retaliates with lethal force, killing one of Virgile's friends. The violence triggers police and school interventions, and Sid and Angie are briefly detained. The device's danger becomes undeniable.

A quick call from the Hellphone to the school secretary erases the detention, but it leaves worse consequences in Sid's wake. The couple's sense of safety dissolves as authorities tighten the net around them. The price of wielding the Hellphone grows heavier.

Sid, Angie, Tiger and others attempt to destroy the Hellphone, starting with a dramatic hydraulic-press of smashing the device. The attempt stalls its grip only briefly, and the device's power resurges, keeping the group in the cycle of danger. A grim stalemate ensues as they scramble for a safer plan.

Tiger faces pressure and temptation to betray Sid, but his earplugs prove immune to the Hellphone's calls. The trio's bond tightens as they rely on this simple defense. The danger escalates and the need for a final answer becomes urgent.

They devise a last-ditch plan to freeze the Hellphone in liquid nitrogen and throw it into the sea, hoping to sever its influence once and for all. The crowd pressures them to abandon the plan, heightening the emotional stakes. The mission becomes a race against time and fear.

With the device secured, they haul the frozen Hellphone onto a ship and cast it overboard into the cold water. The immediate danger passes as Sid and Angie share a quiet kiss, a fragile moment of normalcy amid chaos. Tiger stands firm, helping them see a path back to ordinary life.

The survivors return to a world that feels earned if uncertain, carrying the memory of the Hellphone as a reminder of power and temptation. Sid and Angie's bond is reinforced by their ordeal, framed by a last, human moment of connection. The tale closes on a hopeful but guarded note about friendship and responsibility.