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THE OBELISK

By Béla BAPTISTE

Action/Adventure - Completed 2024

While fighting for survival in the wilds of the Northeast, a drifter unites with a mysterious veteran to expose the truth of America’s demise.

- Year of production
- 2024
- Genres
- Action/Adventure, Thriller
- Countries
- USA, AUSTRIA
- Languages
- ENGLISH-UNITED STATES
- Duration
- 118 mn
- Director(s)
- Béla BAPTISTE
- Writer(s)
- Béla BAPTISTE , Alexey HARTLIEB-SHEA
- Cast
- Gino Anthony PESI, Dolly LEWIS, Alexey HARTLIEB-SHEA, Michael J. BURG, Meeko GATTUSO, David LAVINE, Lili EPPLY, Elisabeth EVERS, Patrick HAMILTON, Pilar WITHERSPOON
- Producer(s)
- Emma SCHLENOFF (Witness Oak Productions), Béla BAPTISTE (Remember Thine End), Viktor SCHAIDER (VSCP)
- Synopsis
- Traveling alone in what appears to be the aftermath of the breakdown of American society, DAVID weaves through the destruction of the rural northeast, desperate for respite from his debilitating mental and physical conditions. Deep in the wilds, he unites with PLINY, a veteran fixated on exposing the culprit of America’s demise. Allied through their convictions, they embark on a rough, off-the-beaten-path mission to the town of Lodeve. There they plan to join the ranks of their fellow patriots in the revolution against the government program that has contaminated the water.
  
  Through a series of found footage material, we meet ELIZABETH BENNING, a content marketing manager at a laboratory. Liz discovers that her employer is covering up the contamination of a waterway by a powerful client in order to protect their profits and reputation. Making her own journey homeward, she must decide between her career or blowing the whistle on a potential ecological nightmare.
  
  With the obelisk in Lodeve serving as their signal-fire, David, Pliny, and Liz navigate their way towards the truth. Entangled in a web of conflicting information and hidden agendas, they find that discerning what is “right” is not always straightforward. Ultimately, The Obelisk shows us the tragedy of misinformation, manipulation, and the consequences of seeing only what we want.