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.
Alex Kingston
as The Woman
Marcus Gilbert
as Pierre Lenoir
Amelia Bullmore
as Madame Plaisir
Gillian Hanna
as Madame Printemps
Vicky Licorish
as
Seiriol Thomas
as
Robin Griffith
as