Residuum (2025) film poster

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Residuum

She ran to escape the system. But the truth followed her.

After millions vanish without a trace, Zoe escapes in a stolen RV, only to find a drifter hiding inside. Together they uncover a prophecy the world is desperate to ignore.

2025 · 1H 43M · DYSTOPIAN THRILLER · TV-MA

Synopsis

A world unraveling, and one woman driving into the desert for answers.

Residuum is a dystopian survival thriller about a world unraveling after mysterious disappearances begin happening worldwide. As society teeters on collapse, one woman sets out into the desert searching for answers.

Zoe, a grieving loner, escapes in a stolen RV to avoid government control, but survival in the desert comes at a cost. When she meets Tom, a drifter with secrets of his own, the two begin to uncover a disturbing truth behind the disappearances.

As they dig deeper, the clues point toward end-times prophecy. Is it a global conspiracy, or something more biblical?

Shot in the remote California desert and created by sisters Greta Zenelaj and Vilma Zenelaj, Residuum blends psychological tension with spiritual themes in a world on the brink.

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The Residuum RV lit at night in the desert, from the film by Greta and Vilma ZenelajSeptember 25, 2026 · 11 min readHow We Made Residuum TwiceWe shut down our own feature five days in, after spending $56,000. Then we made Residuum again with a thousand-dollar RV and…Read the article →An empty desert road at dusk on a Residuum location, the dystopian thriller by Greta and Vilma ZenelajOctober 16, 2026 · 6 min readMovies About the Rapture: Why We Made a Film Where Millions VanishFrom A Thief in the Night to Left Behind and The Leftovers, the films that imagined millions disappearing, and why Residuum leaves…Read the article →Zoe and Tom seen through the RV window in Residuum, the dystopian thriller by Greta and Vilma ZenelajMarch 20, 2026 · 8 min readBest Dystopian Survival Movies (and Books) That Shaped ResiduumFrom Brave New World and Fahrenheit 451 to Children of Men, Signs, and 28 Years Later, the dystopian stories a filmmaker who…Read the article →

The filmmakers: Greta Zenelaj and Vilma Zenelaj.

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