One morning the childless couple, Naomi and East, finds a 45-minute-old foundling on their doorstep. Within minutes the boy manages to present himself as Christopher and soon he I capable of dancing, cooking and writing poetry. Throughout the following two hours, the new parents are confronted with the essence of human existence, meanwhile they watch the terribly speedy growing Christopher’s life play out in a hectic fast-forward using themselves as props.
Who wouldn’t want the best of all possible lives for their children? These parents give their new son an extraordinary amount of space to explore what the good life consists of in this dark-black comedy by Noah Haidle. Filled with grotesque sense of humour, rage and will to face the painful sides of life.
