the end of influence

synopsis: after a violent outburst drives his daughter karen to leave home, a 41-year-old man is left alone with overwhelming guilt and deep loneliness. unable to face reality, he turns to powerful sleeping pills and slips into a world of deceptive memories and imagined pasts. in the fragile space between dream and reality, he relives moments of love and tenderness—until the illusions begin to unravel a haunting truth about what really happened. as fantasy and reality blur beyond recognition, he must confront the question: can guilt be redeemed when you're no longer certain what was real?