Zora's 15-year-old wheelchair-bound daughter Tuesday has an incurable terminal illness and Death comes to her in the form of a size-altering macaw to give her final deliverance from pain and suffering.

With Death swallowed in Zora's body and unable to perform its life-terminating duties, numerous reports begin to circulate of people and animals not dying from accidents, usually expected to be lethal, and then continuing to roam the countryside in zombie state despite their injuries.

Tuesday persuades her mother to deputise for Death in its absence, rendering final relief from pain to the suffering animals and people.

In May 2021, it was announced that Oniunas-Pusić would direct the film in her feature directorial debut, and that Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Lola Petticrew, Arinzé Kene and Leah Harvey had joined the cast.

[2] Principal photography began in the United Kingdom in June 2021, with Alexis Zabé serving as cinematographer;[7][8] filming wrapped in late July.

The website's consensus reads: "A meditation on mortality full of risky stylistic gambits, Tuesday achieves real grace thanks to Julia Louis-Dreyfus' committed performance and director Daina Oninuas-Pusic's impressive ambition.

"[16] JD Duran of InSession Film was equally upbeat: "Tuesday is a deeply weird, but funny movie about not just confronting death but creating a relationship with it.

"[19] NPR included Tuesday on its list of the best movies and TV of 2024, with critic Aisha Harris writing that "Daina O. Pusić’s impressive directorial debut is a big swing that connects on every level, if you allow it to.