the black water

The story takes place in a desolated rural farm, and follows the lives of two orfan children (a boy and a girl), who grew up without parental supervision. They let the farm be ruined, denying the reality and creating a strange world to live in. In their parents' absence, children often choose to impersonate them or better still, to become them, perpetuating the circle of Sin-Punishment. The arrival of a lawyer will upset, will question, will try to change this world, to "ruin everything". Fourth person in the play a nanny, a vigilant observer, a "shadow" who crosses the whole play with a mysterious and almost sacred power. The play has drama elements as well as archetypic symbols which are referred to the great ancient tragedies. "The Black Water" is full of a strange, and mysterious atmosphere, with touches of magic realism and black comedy.