FARESI ISLAND

Format & Genre: Feature Film | Psychological Thriller

Comps: INCEPTION meets SHUTTER ISLAND with the escalating survival tension of EDGE OF TOMORROW.

LOGLINE

After exposing a compromised drone strike that killed civilians, a U.S. Marine becomes trapped in a looping coma world of red and blue doors where he must confront guilt, truth, and psychological horror to find his way back to his family.

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WHY NOW

Faresi Island explores guilt, truth, trauma, and accountability in a world shaped by disinformation, endless conflict, and emotional avoidance.

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MAIN CHARACTERS

COLIN RICHMOND (51):
A former Marine drone operator haunted by a strike carried out on compromised intelligence that killed a child. After exposing the cover-up, Colin becomes trapped inside a surreal coma world shaped by guilt, fear, and denial.

BETH (42):
Colin’s wife and emotional anchor. While doctors discuss ending life support, Beth refuses to give up on him, becoming one of the few voices capable of reaching him through the collapsing dream world.

EKONG (41):
A grieving militant whose son Henri died in the strike. Inside the coma, Ekong becomes a shifting manifestation of Colin’s guilt, rage, and fear of judgment.

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SYNOPSIS

After exposing a military cover-up surrounding a compromised drone strike, former Marine drone operator COLIN RICHMOND survives a suspicious crash and falls into a coma. He awakens inside a surreal tunnel lined with glowing RED and BLUE DOORS, where blue doors lure him into comforting fantasies with his family while red doors drag him deeper into violent dream realities connected to the mysterious FARESI ISLAND.

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Guided by JACK, a former coma survivor, and haunted by the cryptic FATHER DALE, Colin learns the terrifying rules of the coma world: blue doors offer escape through denial, while red doors force him toward painful truth. Every failure resets the loop as collapsing jungles, shark-infested oceans, hijackings, and war-torn dreamscapes blur with hospital sounds, shifting faces, and distorted memories.

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Meanwhile, Beth and their children keep vigil beside Colin’s hospital bed in Room 83 while doctors discuss ending life support. In the real world, Colin’s leaked statement fractures General Latifi’s network and exposes the truth behind the strike.

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Stranded on Faresi Island beside the wreckage of Air Force One, Colin realizes the island is not testing his ability to survive, but his willingness to accept the truth. Near death, he reaches the ultimate red door and finally chooses acceptance over illusion.

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Colin awakens beside his family at last. Weeks later, while walking through a snow-covered hospital garden, his daughter runs through an ordinary red door. Colin pauses, smiles quietly to himself, and follows her home.