A hot, unairconditioned summer in 1969 leads 4 bored siblings to seek out a seer said to be able to predict your time of death. They all have time with her and walk away with their own burdens.
Fast forward to early adulthood. Their father drops dead on a city street and they all come back home for his funeral.
College awaits the eldest 2 and they leave again to continue. Simon, the youngest at 16, busses out to San Francisco with his sister Klara, and quickly finds a job as a dancer in a gay bar and himself in the burgeoning gay scene.
It is the era of Harvey Milk. It is the onset of aids.
Klara, seeking magic since childhood, perfects her acts, performing in nightclubs as she finds them. She marries, has a daughter, succumbs.
Daniel, the rock of the family, is a doctor. He marries. He lives his life. Until the seer is brought again into focus.
Varya, given the promise of longevity, deals. Remaining when so much is taken is hard. She has issues. She has secrets. She has to find her own escape.
Strong bonds between the family effect them each. One wonders, as we should..were the prophecies true or merely caused? Each, of their own, told. Each felt. In the end, there is.....
Fast forward to early adulthood. Their father drops dead on a city street and they all come back home for his funeral.
College awaits the eldest 2 and they leave again to continue. Simon, the youngest at 16, busses out to San Francisco with his sister Klara, and quickly finds a job as a dancer in a gay bar and himself in the burgeoning gay scene.
It is the era of Harvey Milk. It is the onset of aids.
Klara, seeking magic since childhood, perfects her acts, performing in nightclubs as she finds them. She marries, has a daughter, succumbs.
Daniel, the rock of the family, is a doctor. He marries. He lives his life. Until the seer is brought again into focus.
Varya, given the promise of longevity, deals. Remaining when so much is taken is hard. She has issues. She has secrets. She has to find her own escape.
Strong bonds between the family effect them each. One wonders, as we should..were the prophecies true or merely caused? Each, of their own, told. Each felt. In the end, there is.....