Ant (2005)

Hannah Washington’s world is the sterile, controlled environment of a mental institution. Her doctors insist her vivid recollections of a different life—of strength, flight, and a powerful exoskeleton—are merely a juvenile power fantasy, a fragile coping mechanism for a profound personal loss. But the tactile memory of chitin and the phantom sensation of wings refuse to fade. As the line between delusion and reality blurs within her cell, Hannah grapples with the haunting possibility that her shattered sanity might be the only thing holding a terrifying truth at bay. The institution’s white walls feel less like a refuge and more like a cage for a secret she can’t fully remember.