Run Rabbit Run (2024) — AI Story Visualization

Plot Analysis Summary

A mother's confrontation with repressed guilt unfolds through her daughter's disturbing claim to be her dead sister.

Story Structure — 5 Plot Phases

A Birthday with Teeth

Sarah celebrates Mia's birthday, but a mysterious rabbit and a family dispute introduce unease. The rabbit bites Sarah after she tries to remove it.

Key Events

• Mia's Seventh Birthday — Sarah celebrates Mia's seventh birthday at home. Characters: Sarah, Mia Location: Sarah's house
• The Rabbit Appears — Sarah and Mia find a rabbit, and Mia quickly becomes attached to it. Characters: Sarah, Mia Location: Sarah's house
• Family Birthday Gathering — Pete, Denise, and Toby join Sarah and Mia for the birthday. Characters: Sarah, Mia, Pete, Denise, Toby Location: Sarah's house
• Toby Hits Mia — Toby hits Mia's head during play, causing Mia to scream. Characters: Sarah, Mia, Pete, Denise, Toby Location: Sarah's house
• Rabbit Bites Sarah — Sarah tries to send the rabbit away, but it bites her hand. Characters: Sarah, Mia Location: Sarah's garden

The Masked Child

Mia becomes intermittently unresponsive, wears a rabbit mask, and hides at school. Her insistence that she misses Joan begins connecting her behavior to Sarah's family history.

Key Events

• Mia's Unresponsiveness — Mia becomes intermittently unresponsive and wears a homemade rabbit mask. Characters: Sarah, Mia Location: Sarah's house
• Fear at School — Mia hides inside a playground tube but denies being bullied. Characters: Sarah, Mia Location: School playground
• Mia Misses Joan — Mia says she misses Joan, whom she has never met. Characters: Sarah, Mia, Joan Location: Sarah's house
• The Family Photograph — Mia claims she appears in Sarah's childhood photograph with Alice. Characters: Sarah, Mia, Alice Location: Sarah's house

Names from the Past

Mia claims to appear in a childhood photograph and creates disturbing drawings. Joan calls Mia Alice during a tense nursing-home visit, intensifying Sarah's fear and confusion.

Key Events

• The Family Photograph — Mia claims she appears in Sarah's childhood photograph with Alice. Characters: Sarah, Mia, Alice Location: Sarah's house
• Drawings Beneath Homework — Sarah learns of disturbing drawings hidden beneath Mia's homework. Characters: Sarah, Mia Location: Sarah's house
• Visit to Joan — Sarah takes Mia to visit Joan, who has dementia. Characters: Sarah, Mia, Joan Location: Assisted living home
• Joan Calls Her Alice — Joan calls Mia Alice, and Sarah forcefully separates them. Characters: Sarah, Mia, Joan Location: Assisted living home
• Mirrored Hand Injury — Sarah injures Mia's hand, then hurts her own hand to mirror it. Characters: Sarah, Mia Location: Assisted living home

The Buried Crime

Mia declares that she is Alice, leading Sarah back to her childhood home. Sarah's hallucinations reveal that she caused Alice's death and concealed the truth.

Key Events

• Mia Claims Alice — Mia declares that she is Alice while Sarah questions her behavior. Characters: Sarah, Mia, Alice Location: Sarah's house
• Return to Childhood Home — Following Pete's suggestion, Sarah takes Mia to her childhood home. Characters: Sarah, Mia, Pete, Alice Location: Sarah's childhood home
• Alice's Disappearance Explained — Sarah recalls locking Alice away and pushing her from a cliff. Characters: Sarah, Mia, Alice Location: Sarah's childhood home
• Scissors Cut Mia — Sarah's worsening hallucinations lead her to unintentionally cut Mia. Characters: Sarah, Mia Location: Sarah's childhood home

The Cliff Reopens

Sarah searches for Mia, admits Alice is dead, and apologizes for the childhood lie. The final vision shows Mia and Alice walking hand in hand toward the cliff.

Key Events

• Pete Finds Sarah — Pete finds smashed photographs and Sarah drawing on the floor in a fugue state. Characters: Sarah, Pete Location: Sarah's childhood home
• Mia Found in Bushes — Sarah and Pete search for Mia and find her in a bush. Characters: Sarah, Pete, Mia Location: Near Sarah's childhood home
• Sarah Admits Alice Died — Sarah tells Joan that Alice is dead. Characters: Sarah, Joan, Alice Location: Assisted living home
• Apology to Mia Alice — Sarah apologizes for hurting Alice and lying that Alice ran away; Mia calls her a monster. Characters: Sarah, Mia, Alice Location: Sarah's childhood home
• Walk Toward the Cliff — Sarah sees Mia and Alice holding hands while walking toward the cliff. Characters: Sarah, Mia, Alice Location: Cliff

Story Breakdown

• Birthday Disturbance — Mia's birthday begins as a family gathering but quickly acquires threatening undertones.
  • Rabbit Discovery — Sarah and Mia find a rabbit at the house, and Mia becomes attached to it.
  • Family Tension — Toby hits Mia, prompting Sarah to angrily confront Denise while Pete calms the dispute.
• Rabbit Omen — The rabbit becomes an unsettling trigger for Sarah and Mia.
  • Failed Removal — Sarah tries to send the rabbit over the garden wall.
  • Biting Threat — The rabbit bites Sarah's hand, which later becomes infected.
• Mia's Transformation — Mia's behavior changes from ordinary childhood distress to unsettling identity performance.
  • Rabbit Mask — Mia makes and wears a rabbit mask that she refuses to remove.
  • School Hiding — Mia hides in a playground tube while denying that she is being bullied.
• Family Secrets Surface — Mia's questions and drawings redirect Sarah toward the family history she has avoided.
  • Joan's Name — Mia says she misses Joan despite never having met her.
  • Photograph Claim — Mia claims to be present in Sarah's childhood photograph with Alice.
• Joan's Confusion — The nursing-home visit makes Mia's connection to Alice more immediate and disturbing.
  • Dementia Mistake — Joan refers to Mia as Alice during the visit.
  • Mirrored Wounds — Sarah injures Mia's hand and then duplicates the injury on herself.
• Alice's Return — Mia openly claims Alice's identity, forcing Sarah to revisit her childhood home.
  • Identity Declaration — Mia tells Sarah that she is Alice and accuses Sarah of bullying her.
  • Childhood Home — Pete suggests that Sarah take Mia to the place where Alice disappeared.
• Buried Childhood Crime — Sarah's hallucinations reconstruct the truth behind Alice's disappearance.
  • Shed Confinement — Sarah remembers locking Alice in the shed as a child.
  • Cliffside Death — Sarah recalls striking Alice with a steel trap and pushing her off the cliff.
• Final Cliff Vision — Sarah acknowledges the truth, but the ending leaves her facing a terrifying image of repetition.
  • Truth to Joan — Sarah admits to Joan that Alice is dead.
  • Handheld Descent — Sarah sees Mia and Alice holding hands as they walk toward the cliff.

Directed by

Daina Reid

Key Cast

• Sarah Snook — Sarah
• Lily LaTorre — Mia
• Damon Herriman — Pete
• Greta Scacchi — Joan
• Sunny Whelan — Alice