Sea Without Shore

A rhythmically captivating exploration of love and loss at the findesiècle An amorous relationship between two women abruptly cut short Dissolving under the impact of the loss of her soul mate the surviving lover is drawn into the depths of midwinter forests into spheres of the subconscious initiated by unknown forces There is no return The streamofconsciousness narration a collage of poetic fragments features words by 16th century lesbian poet Katherine Philips 19th century fin de siècle poets Renée Vivien and Algernon Charles Swinburne whose agnostic visionary poetry lend the film a hypnotic quality