Mara visits her therapist to talk about the fact that she believes she has killed everybody she has ever become close to. She deep dives into her life talking about how her mother died in childbirth, thus triggering the deaths of anyone else who has entered her life. The therapist interrogates Mara as to why she has come to see him. She reveals that she's pregnant. She debates with herself whether or not to keep the baby. She believes if she does she will pass the curse of 'Everybody Dying' to her child, so she may as well terminate the baby so curse ends with her. The therapist tells her that that this is the one thing in life she can control. Mara goes into labour. In labour she nearly loses her own life. It's in this happening that she realises she wants to fight for life and for her child. The curse is broken.

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Director Charlotte Hamblin shares her story: 'When I was a child I lost a lot of people in my life. Struggling, I was sent to see a therapist, who diagnosed me with chronic death anxiety. The therapist, six sessions in, died. It was only telling someone this story years later that I realised that this was a unique and extraordinary thing to happen so I wanted to make a film about it. Also, it was so bad it was incredibly funny...The way I dealt with my anxiety as a child was through children's stories. I'd escape into these weird and wonderful worlds. The film is therefore heavily influenced by Roald Dahl and the pace of Wes Anderson. Despite the heaviness of the subject matter, I wanted the film to feel impish and magical like those children's stories. I wanted to tell this story as a zany, almost coming-of-age tale that navigates the effects of repressed childhood trauma and how it can impact the rest of your life with iconic, sad and hilarious consequences. I’ve never seen a film deal with death anxiety; how dark, complex and down right hilarious it can be. In the current climate and in a post pandemic world, death and grief are at the forefront of public consciousness. Now more than ever is the time to deal with issues such as isolation, loneliness and fear with some bat shit humour and riotous joy!'