SYNOPSIS
& CONCEPT IMAGES
INTRODUCTION: An introduction in verse by the filmmaker.
THE PENDULUM HEART
CHRISTINE BONANSEA in THE PENDULUM HEART
A woman is a mask carver of her own changing identity, forever driven to transformation by the "call
of the heart." She fears for her heart's survival, as it is a fragile vessel. Yet it demands fiercely, without
apparent concern for its own safety. She tries to keep it safe by putting it in the care of her lover, but discovers the same
telltale signs of impermanence within the house of his own heart. This is the trial of a winded spirit, a meditation
on the evolution of identity and also an examination of the pendulum swing within the secret heart of every woman and man.
DOGMATIQUE
MOMOS CHEESKOS in DOGMATIQUE
A
man questions the fabric of modern life. Like Pinocchio’s “Fun Land” in which little boys are transformed
into mules, he finds himself trapped within a system that transforms men into dogs. He desperately desires a "real"
life while at the same time his aversion to reality causes him to live like a shut-in, a post-modern American refugee.
He is graced by the moon, which taunts and follows him, inspiring howls of yearning and chaos throughout the city, which then
assumes the form of the "Blue Fairy" and shows him that the freedom he seeks is neither here nor there, but in the
realm of spirit
.
STILL LIFE
PART I: NARCISSUS
NIRMALA NATARAJ in NARCISSUS
A woman escapes from the hazards of emotion in the quiet dreamland of her
tiny attic. In her refuge she clings to the simplicity and grace of her own reflection, which takes form as her only
companion. Here there is no compromise or risk, only self-love and self-possession. However, her sanctuary will
not save her from the visitation of shadows - knocking from her past: angry ghosts of the love she sacrificed for the life
of a narcissist and the fears that hold her captive.
PART II: THE NUN
EMI STANLEY in THE NUN
A house of bitterness filled
with frozen images of the past. Joy cannot enter a house of perfect control. It's keeper is vexed by a young girl,
lost within the house, who disturbs the silence, reliving laughter and sadness almost forgotten. ...Shameful mistakes
of her youth are not acts of frailty to be disowned, but of innocence to be forgiven.
SONG OF TYCHE
JULIA ZEFFIRO in STAR OF TYCHE
The Odyssey retold with a self-made craft, a musical
star of fate and a night of wine and dreams in the arms of a dubious siren. In the morning she will have to return to
the question of to whom her faith belongs.
