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One afternoon, the lab received a minor external audit: a courier delivering supplies dropped a box near the storage door. The box thudded and left a dent. When the courier left, they found that the box had been prodded from the inside: tiny punctures, like the work of an organism that did not intend escape but exploration. The security footage showed no unauthorized entry. The box was quarantined. Someone joked about mice. There were no rodents.

What begins as a scientific breakthrough quickly devolves into a dark domestic drama. As Dren grows at an accelerated rate, she begins to exhibit complex emotions and physical traits that the scientists cannot control. The film shifts from a laboratory setting to an isolated farmhouse, where the claustrophobia of their secret leads to a total breakdown of their professional and personal lives. Themes of Evolution and Ethics --Splice-2009----