Eat
2025 Β· 44m Β· Science Fiction Β· Drama Β· Comedy
Joseph Shema, an orphan with a traumatic past attempts to make up for his horrible childhood by adopting a child to offer them the love he never got. But everything turns upsidedown when he gets stuck in a dream and has to find a way out before he gets lost in it forver.
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