Lifeline

In the stillness of the early morning, when the city lights flicker with the last energy of the day and the world seems to be asleep, there are those who keep watch in the shadows. One of them is a crisis hotline operator, whose routine is centered around offering calm in the midst of chaos. But one night, the unimaginable happens: he receives a call that will change everything. It’s not a stranger in distress, but someone who claims to be him.

The initial confusion turns into horror when the mysterious caller begins to reveal intimate details—memories that only the real operator could possibly know. The call is neither a joke nor a coincidence. The stranger says he plans to end his life in less than an hour, and no one will be able to stop him. The most unsettling part is that, somehow, the operator knows he’s telling the truth.

Thus begins a race against time that transcends the physical and ventures into the psychological. In less than sixty minutes, the operator must confront his deepest fears, long-buried memories, and decisions he believed were in the past. Each word exchanged with his “other self” pulls him closer to the edge, as he struggles to determine whether he’s the victim of an elaborate hoax, undergoing a mental breakdown… or if, somehow, he is truly speaking to himself.