SF IndieFest: Tom’s 2nd Suicide

Tom has marked March 9th as the annual day when she attempts to end her life—an agreement she made with herself two years ago when she decided her life would never get better. This year’s plan is carbon monoxide poisoning inside her car at a remote desert spot. The attempt fails, not because she changes her mind, but because her car refuses to restart. A stranger named Kobi pulls over at the exact wrong—or right—moment, and their accidental encounter becomes the start of a surreal road trip built entirely around Tom’s determination to die and Kobi’s shifting reactions to her intentions. Across the day, the emotional landscape shifts. Tom’s motivation emerges not from depression, but from a deep, burning anger and a sense of wanting control over a life that has repeatedly stripped it from her.