2 Girls Struggle To Survive A Long Power Outage When Everyone Is Desperate

The film is set in the near future and focuses on two sisters named Eva and Nell, who live in a remote cabin with their father. Eva is an aspiring dancer, while Nell is a brilliant bookworm hoping to be accepted into an Ivy League school. The house is full of all kinds of books, because they live so far from the city that the father collects all kinds of self-help books for difficult times. One day, the father is reading an article

when

breaking news comes on the television saying that there is a massive

power

outage

across the entire West Coast.

Shortly after the breaking news on TV, the

power

goes out throughout the house and, to make matters worse, Nell suddenly loses her phone signal. Nell, who now has to study from books, has to get a flashlight from the car. Unfortunately, after opening the trunk of the car, she forgets to close it properly. This causes the car lights to be on all night, which drains the battery. The next morning, as the family prepares to go get gas, they discover that the car won't start. So the father looks for a spare battery and Nell immediately turns on the radio to listen to the news.

The journalist mentions that due to an emergency, the nearby power plant was closed. As they try to start their car, the radio begins broadcasting rumors that a group of terrorists are trying to take over the power plant, and it appears that 300 million people are now living without a backup power generator. The government also advises

everyone

to stay home and conserve resources. Worse yet, a few days later, all radio channels have officially died. Ten days later, there is still no power, but that same day, the father has an idea; Using a chainsaw, the clever father manages to start the car.

The family then drives into town to restock on supplies, and a

long

the way, they notice how quiet and empty the houses they pass are. Furthermore, the gas station they pass by has also run out of gas. When they arrive at the supermarket, most of the shelves are empty and the employee, whose name is Stan, waves a rifle, surprising the father. He begins to say that during this time of crisis, many people have been trying to rob the store, but the father seems calm and begins to venture through the aisles with his daughter. They buy some food and five gallons of gas from Stan.

Later,

when

they are loading their groceries into the car, Stan hands them a box of free items and asks if they plan to leave town, but the father says they will stay. The father then leaves his daughter as he normally would; Eva attends a dance practice to prepare for a national audition. Meanwhile, Nell goes to see her boyfriend, Eli, at a party, and Nell loved every moment she spent with Eli today. At night, dad picks them both up to go home. However, when they pass through the forest, they find a stopped car and a man screaming in pain inside, so the dad goes out to help the poor guy.

But instead, he comes face to face with two armed men who don't seem friendly, so he retreats into the car. The father resumes his trip home, and it is not known what the men are doing there. When they arrive, the car's gas is almost empty. The next day, we learn that the family will spend the next few weeks surviving on the supplies they obtained. With the power still out and no news on the radio, the father suspects that society may have fallen into chaos and announces that they will not be going to town for a while.

He thinks they should be fine because they should be able to

survive

on their own; After all, they have water, chickens, and wild animals and plants in the forest to

survive

. However, Nell objects because she wants to see her boyfriend, Eli. That same day, the father goes into the forest to cut down a tree to make firewood, but suddenly he slips and cuts his thigh. His cries of pain do not go unnoticed by his two daughters, who immediately run to his aid. They put a belt around his thigh to stop the bleeding and we can see that he had lost a lot of blood.

Eva begs her dad to stop talking when he tells the

girls

to take care of and love each other. They remained at his side until nightfall. But by that time, the father had already bled to death, leaving them with no choice but to cry. In the morning they let his body rest; They are both very sad about this, since their mother died in childhood, and after that, his father was everything to them. Now they support each other and return to the house to clean themselves. They will be grieving for the next few days and that will give them time to heal emotionally.

We jump to two months later, and now the sisters have learned to accept their situation, although they sometimes remember the moments with their father. They have also learned to survive by rationing their food; That morning they eat eggs from the chickens they have. Fed up with the lack of technology, Eva takes the five gallons of gasoline they have and suggests to Nell that they turn on the generator, so they could have electricity for a while to watch videos of their parents. But Nell says no, because it takes two gallons just to go to the city and two more to come back, and they should save fuel for emergencies.

In the end, Eva contemptuously gives up and the sisters do not speak for the rest of the day. The next morning, Nell wakes up to find that all of her chickens have disappeared, possibly eaten by a fox. With no chicken eggs to eat, Nell makes cereal and barbecue sauce for breakfast. Unfortunately, that day, Eva is still angry with her and refuses to talk to her. At night, Nell wakes up and discovers that Eva has left her side, so she leaves her and looks for her in the woods. To her horror, she begins to hear a pig squeal and begins frantically searching for her sister.

Luckily, it was just a nightmare; Eva wakes her up and hugs her to comfort her. Seeing her sister cry, Eva realizes that they can't fight each other because they need each other so much. The next day, Nell finds a kinder egg and eats it immediately because she needs a little normality. When Eva finds out about her, she is furious because she expected Nell to at least share it. But they are suddenly interrupted by a knock on the door, causing Nell to pick up her father's rifle before checking it. Turns out it's Eli, her boyfriend whom she hasn't seen in a while.

She admits that he's a bum these days and asks if he could stay for a few days. Nell, of course, welcomes him back and the two spend time bonding over the next few days. In the morning, Nell takes Eli to show him a place of hers; It is a big tree, inside which they can live, this is where these two become intimate. Here we learn that Eli's presence bothers Eva, who thinks Eli is making them run out of food faster and fears Nell will get pregnant. However, Nell assures her not to worry about it. The next day, Eli finally reveals the reason he came here to see Nell.

He wants to be sure if she is the love of her life, and now that he is sure, he wants to ask her to go to Boston with him, because she heard that there is a society there that runs on electricity and jobs. Nell is excited to go, but when Eva is informed of her plans, Eva prefers to stay. Eva tells Eli that those are just rumors and that walking to Boston for 8 months is risky. When the sisters say goodbye the next day, Nell cries and says they are the only family either of them have. Eva tells her that

everyone

made her own decision and that no one is to blame.

After the sisters separate, Eva tries to kill time by dancing, but she soon becomes frustrated because she is upset that her sister is leaving. Meanwhile, Nell and Eli decide to rest for the night, but Nell seems to realize that she can't leave Eva alone like this. Her father told her to take care of each other, so how could she leave her sister alone? In the morning, she tells Eli that she wants to return. Eli understands, but it's also very important for him to find this place, which is why he goes alone. Nell returns home excited and hugs her sister;

They are both very happy to see each other again. Six months after the blackout, the sisters find a book about wild plants and venture out to collect them from the forest. They collect berries and vegetables and process them to supply themselves with food. By now, they've also run out of toilet paper, so they've resorted to using leaves to clean themselves. That night, Nell is in a good mood, so the sisters open a bottle of liquor and finally decide to use some gas to power the generator for a moment. With the electricity on in the house, they make popcorn in the microwave and start watching old family videos from when their parents were still alive.

At some point during the night, Eva begins to dance to music, until the generator shuts down again. The next day, in a good mood, Nell excuses herself to go get some berries, while Eva stays at home chopping wood. That's when suddenly, a man approaches her; turns out to be Stan. He says that he is passing through and Eva tells him that her father is looking for firewood near her, because he thinks the man is acting strange. However, just when Eva is caught off guard, Stan suddenly pounces on her and begins raping her as she screams in agony.

Unfortunately, Nell is not available to help. Then, Stan takes a can of gas from the house and drives away with his car. When Nell finally returns, it's too late. She sees that Eva's condition is very bad, so she helps her and takes care of her. A traumatized Eva takes a plan B to avoid getting pregnant, while Nell spends the next few days fortifying the house by boarding up the walls. After seeing how Eva is still traumatized after a while, Nell tries to cheer her up by using some more gasoline to start the generator and play some music.

Unfortunately, this doesn't work. Two months later, we learn that the sisters have not left the house since the Eva incident. Since they have practically run out of food, Nell searches through the shelves and cupboards, until she accidentally comes across a note from her father. Seeing this, she excitedly asks Eva to finally leave the house to go read it, but to her disappointment, instead of a note, they only find seeds, which Nell decides to plant. During the process, she attempts to lift a huge rock, but ends up twisting a muscle in her back and screams in pain.

To help her, Eva is forced to overcome the trauma of leaving her and runs to her sister's aid. But after returning to the house, Eva breaks down crying and admits that it traumatizes her to even see the firewood cutting area, because it reminds her of what happened. Nell hugs her sympathetically and the two sisters fall asleep next to each other. In the morning, Eva starts vomiting in the bathroom and, after reading a little, they discover that she is pregnant. Nell suggests that she abort him, but Eva insists on keeping him. Now we jump to seven months later;

Nell has been reading a lot about pregnancy and comes to the conclusion that Eva needs vitamin B12 for her baby to be born healthy. Unfortunately, B12 is only found in dairy products and animal meat, forcing Nell to try her hand at hunting. She climbs a tree branch and shoots a passing pig. But since she had never fired a rifle before, she did not anticipate how strong she would feel when firing it, which would make her fall. Luckily, she is fine and proceeds to end the pig's life. That night, the sisters feast on pork and berries, just as Eva smells the smell of smoke coming from outside.

Realizing that someone else might be camping nearby, the sisters seal the entrances to the house. Soon after, heavy rain falls that night, followed by a raging storm. They remain like this for many days. In the morning, they are awakened by the sound of a door slamming, so Nell hastily grabs the rifle, only to discover that the sound is coming from a collapsing roof. And finally, Eva begins to feel a contraction, which marks the upcoming birth of her baby. According to a book Nell is reading, a contraction can last for hours, while her house breaks down even more by the second.

To ensure a safe birth, Nell and Eva go to the woods, to a tree house that Nell used to go to. There, she helps Eva during childbirth and, fortunately, the baby is born healthy. The sisters wait out the storm until the next morning while they celebrate the new baby. When they return to the house, it has collapsed further and they discover that black mold has been growing all over the ceiling, making it unsafe for them to stay there. Suddenly, Eva has a crazy idea; She takes the last of the gasoline and proposes burning the house; because if they stay here, Stan or his friends might come back to look for them, but if they just leave it, someone else might move in and start living there and they don't want that.

But if they burn it, if Stan ever comes back, he'll think they're dead, so they'll be safer. Although she is confused at first, Nell eventually accepts the idea, but she first takes the time to pack up her valuable family be

long

ings. As night falls, the sisters are finally ready to leave; They set fire to the house and watched it burn. At this point, they will learn to live the same way people lived centuries ago. The film ends when they enter the forest and set up camp for the night.