SYNOPSIS

Hun Tun was an ancient emperor of chaos. He was both admirable and scary. Life with him was beautifully unbearable. In the Chinese myth, the world is born out of Hun Tun’s dying body. Magdalena is an ordinary millennial. Her life is full of little twists and adventures: work, friends and love. But now she has only one mission – to get her sleep back. The more she tries the more she gets stuck. It is only when she sees the chaos in her life clearly that the situation changes. And suddenly, there are other people with their “chaoses” too. This is how being spotted and recognized, Hun Tun starts losing power over Magdalena. Living together (un)happily forever.

INTENTION

I decided to share my experience with sleep anxiety. I have dealt with insomnia for several years. In the tougher times, there was mainly chaos in my head. In the film,  I examine chaos as a desperate state of mind which can only be bearable when frankly recognized and patiently observed.

I will combine stop-motion animation and live action. Sleepless nights will follow dizzy days. In the nights we will dive into the protagonist’s inner world, captured through animation. During the days, our heroine will be overwhelmed and gradually swallowed up by Hun Tun. We will see her from outside - in live action. Her body will be gradually covered by costumes made of objects she takes to cure herself.

I sleep much better today. It is only from time to time that it does not work out. That is the way I am. Hardly a happy end. Nevertheless, some vital change is taking place in both mine and the heroine’s life. I would like to tell the audience about that shift so they would feel some hope and leave the cinema gently empowered.