Isabella Ouellette

A young girl battles her own identification of queerness in this surreal summer fever dream that brings the science of her school project to life and her relationship with her best friend to new, scary places.

This Canadian science-fiction film takes place at the beginning of the 20th Century in an unnamed city where eager Jules is a member of a scientific team researching the secrets of immortality. The scientists uncover a buried pyramid containing an embalmed body with a heartbeat -- but minus a soul. Heading into the city at night, Jules hopes to locate the soul. He encounters Sophie who seems to have some answers to the mystery.

Elementary student Cass gives an unsettling presentation on her summer vacation to Pompeii.