Overview
This fairy-tale-like drama, based on a 1904 short story by American poet and feminist author Renée Vivien, tells two opposing versions of the same narrative: one told verbally by Pierre Lenoir, a male narrator at a Victorian dinner party; the other told visually through the behavior of an unnamed woman who meets him on a fantasy cargo boat. The intercutting of the two stories creates a tension between the different world views of the woman and the man.
Cast
- Alex Kingston as The Woman
- Marcus Gilbert as Pierre Lenoir
- Amelia Bullmore as Madame Plaisir
- Gillian Hanna as Madame Printemps
- Vicky Licorish
- Seiriol Thomas
- Robin Griffith