Rebecca Ellen Evans

Seven vignettes explore the difference between fantasy and reality, memory and history, and the joy and agony of the human condition.

Prince Tamino promises the Queen of the Night that he will rescue her daughter Pamina from the enchanter Sarastro. He begins his quest, accompanied by the bird-catcher Papageno – but all is not as it seems… Tamino and Papageno discover Sarastro is a wise and kind leader. They undergo three ordeals. By the end they are united with their true loves: Tamino with Pamina, and Papageno with his Papagena.

Two estranged sisters are reunited back at their childhood home after going their own separate ways, only to discover that some bonds can never be repaired.

An artist suffers a relapse of schizophrenia after his son dies in a car accident. Since then, his whole family goes collapse and becomes aloof, which causes double miserable and tragic murders.