THE FLOWER ROOM

Maria, a doll-like woman is sleeping soundly in a room with flowery tapestry. Tom, a young man who obviously got lost finds a closed down hotel in a far away valley. What he doesn't know is that he isn't welcomed there at all.

Hermann, the house ghost, treasures the tiny little Maria like a jewel. He keeps her captured in a jewellery box - the flower room. But Maria makes drum-like noises when she dances and she dances whenever she feels like it, Hermann has no control over her dancing.

Tom hears the drumming noises and feels magically drawn to them. He finds the jewellery box and opens it. As if expecting this, Maria suddenly stands still. Tom can't believe his eyes. He finds himself facing a world in miniature, like a doll-house. At this precise moment Maria feels an unbelievably strong desire towards this man. She wants to get out into the big world that has opened up in front of her. She musters all her courage and jumps directly at Tom's feet. Tom is totally amazed: In front of him stands the woman of his dreams, in full height. Full of euphoria he asks Maria to dance. They dance an intimate Pax de Deux. But Maria, only just escaping the tightness of the box, feels like loosing her space again already. Moreover, she sees how Hermann is suffering and therefore flees back into her miniature world.

Totally enchanted Tom follows her head over heels. Now that they are together in the flower room, new possibilities open up. They immerse into a beautiful hall. But Hermann can't take their happiness any longer; he conjures them back into the flower room and throws his beloved box, with Tom and Maria inside, out of the window.

Maria's room with the flowery tapestry ends up in the middle of a city. Maria realises that she can simply walk out of the room. While Maria is already dancing towards her new happiness, Tom stays behind in the flower room.