Self-Preservation
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In the wake of a disease outbreak, a young mother (and medical student) must fight through the recent death of her parents, the death of the way she was before, and the death of people around her.
Anna Miller, a young mother to 4 year old Charlotte, has gone into a depressive state after the tragic death of her two parents. Anna feels responsible for their death, Thomas her long-term boyfriend (and father of Charlotte) no longer knows how to deal with her. So, he sends her to stay in the United States to see her highschool best friend, Maya. Maya is ready to deal with the grieving, depressed, and guilty Anna. Now, what will they do when a flesh-eating, brain-destroying, and zombie-fying, disease starts to overtake their small town?
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