The film premiered at a small theater in Silver Lake, not a multiplex. The audience was mostly women over forty. They laughed at the right moments—not the polite laughs, but the knowing ones, the ones that said I see you .

She remembered a video she’d watched two weeks ago about fuel lines and airlocks. She traced the line with her finger, found a kink, and straightened it. She primed the pump, her thumb aching from the resistance.

: Every decision impacts the storyline and the ultimate fate of the family.