Nobody Is Ever Missing

Elyria, a woman adrift in her seemingly perfect Manhattan life, makes an impulsive and drastic decision: she buys a one-way ticket to New Zealand, abandoning her husband, career, and family without a word. As those she left behind grapple with her sudden disappearance, Elyria embarks on a raw and disquieting odyssey across the untamed landscapes of New Zealand. Hitchhiking with an array of peculiar strangers, she tests the boundaries of safety and self, allowing herself to be swept into the currents of unfamiliar lives and sleeping beneath open skies. Her journey from Wellington to Picton, Takaka, and Kaikoura is less about finding a destination and more about confronting the profound emptiness within. Delving into questions of identity, womanhood, and the forces that shape us, "Nobody Is Ever Missing" is a darkly humorous and piercing exploration of an existential crisis, a relentless quest for meaning in a world that often feels meaningless, and the elusive nature of self-knowledge.