A desperate woman robs a gas station with her nearly-blind younger brother and catapults herself into deep water in order to pay for his cataract surgery.

Escape is a short film about siblings Bastian and Freja who, due to parental neglect, take to the woods to seek out their old childhood playhouse and a better life for themselves. But as Freja fills out the role of the responsible older sister, her insecurity about the expedition slowly starts to grow.