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The UndertowShe's eleven minutes ahead of him.
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The Undertow

A widowed radio keeper hears his missing daughter on a dead frequency, eleven minutes ahead of time, and has one night to reach her.

On a storm-cut headland in the Varne Isles, radio keeper Rel Quaresma has spent fifteen days listening for his missing daughter, Nell. Then her voice breaks through on the station's long-dead frequency, eleven minutes ahead of the clock, and she can prove it. Before the Long Ebb turns at 04:52, he has one night to reach her.

50 minFilm first. Four-part series as a stretch goalReleases within 90 days of fundingMade with AI by Beget Media

The film is complete in 50 minutes. If it funds, a four-part series opens as a stretch goal, with the film as episode one.

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Why eleven minutes?

The cove's period is always eleven point oh. Is that a fixed law of the sea, or something that could change?

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What is the Long Ebb?

The tide table circles 04:52 three times. What does the island believe happens at the year's biggest tide?

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