Delia Schmidt must overcome her fear of falling and descend the stairs to uncover what her late husband left buried on the beach below. But with death lingering a few steps behind, will her aging frail body get the best of her or will her last bit of human spirit carry her to the bottom.

“Don’t tease me, you old coot. You know we aren’t young and spry like we use to be. ”

— Delia Schmidt

Director’s Notes

The idea for this film came when we were at a family get together at the beach house location we shot at and I overheard an elderly family member refuse to come down the stairs because she was afraid to fall. That moment made me look at the fear of falling from a whole new perspective. Usually we associate it with falling from great heights, but here was someone afraid to even fall to the floor just below her feet. It got me thinking about how our body slowly prepares us for the inevitability of death. So I chose to frame this story as a dramatic thriller about the human spirit versus the frailty of the aging body.

-writer/director Eric Bair

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