Mahrokh's House
A teenage girl in a bright and florid room begins to tell a story about the "other side of the mirror". A group of young inmates in a surreal asylum erupt in a frenetic rock song which reveals that th…
Mahrokh's House
A teenage girl in a bright and florid room begins to tell a story about the "other side of the mirror". A group of young inmates in a surreal asylum erupt in a frenetic rock song which reveals that they are all followers of Yeshua (Jesus) and have been imprisoned on charges of being out of their minds, at the chilling Grelling-Nelson Sanitorium, run by bizarre shadowy figures simply known as The Committee. Resident psychologist Dr. Edgar Ravenwood is sympathetic to the inmates, though not a believer in the entity they call Yeshua, and his young adult daughter, Esmerelda, has come to work part-time at the sanitorium. She is pampered and privileged and spends much of her time with her equally aristocratic best friend, Isabella Mendacious. The inmates are subjected to strange therapies that seem to provoke what they claim to take away- Esteem Therapy makes the patient more inferior, Aggression Therapy makes the patient aggressive. During a weekly assessment with The Committee, passionate young inmate Flame bursts into a rock-fueled rage, further revealing to The Committee that she is actually a born-again Christian and her "friend" inside her is actually Jesus Christ. Esmerelda talks to Flame in the asylum hallway and becomes intrigued with the inmates and their belief in Yeshua. The inmates are all ages and backgrounds, rounded up by the Progress Mandate in order to "purge the city of all insanity", and they regularly meet to hold Bible studies or to secretly convert staff members like the hall porter Quizling. Among the inmates is Janus, a cynical teenage girl who receives special favors from The Committee and is dubious about whether she truly believes in Yeshua or not. Esmerelda further investigates the inmates, including long-time patient "Miss Kitty", a veteran of the asylum who was imprisoned for talking about Yeshua in a public park. Tensions mount as the inmates, particularly Flame, become restless and anxious for the entire sanitorium to know the truth about Yeshua. They take to the halls proclaiming "the J word" (Jesus), resulting in lockdowns and Flame being subjected to a fear serum, which she manages to overcome through her dreams. Miss Kitty is executed by The Committee, and her picture is added to a wall of martyrs by the teenage girl from the bright room, who has been serving as a mysterious sort of narrator. Met with indifference from both Dr. Ravenwood and Isabella, Esmerelda plunges into depression over her confusion on whether the inmates are sane or insane, and is sabotaged by The Committee, who give her the fear serum which causes her to fall ill. She sees a vision of the Meat Grinder, which Dr. Ravenwood describes as being hell- the place where unbelievers go, while believers in Yeshua go to Paradise. Still with a fever, Esmerelda discovers that her late mother believed in Yeshua, and finally has a real encounter with Jesus Himself, who enters her room and then, her heart. Due to her salvation, Esmerelda becomes aware that the sanitorium is actually an illusion, and they are really at the Grand Guignol, a great stage where life is being played out before a host of angelic and demonic patrons. She is told that the theatre used to be a church, a perfect sanctuary, until Evie (the teenage narrator girl from the bright room) ate of forbidden fruit and plunged everything into a ghastly theatre of smoke and mirrors and illusions. But the truth of Yeshua remained in the Grand Guignol for anyone who searched for it. Flame reveals that Esmerelda was actually poisoned, and The Committee plans on quietly disposing of her and hushing everything up, fearing the news of her salvation will destroy their work at the asylum. The inmates stage an escape, to free Esmerelda from the Grand Guignol by taking her to the Paradise beyond. Janus sides with The Committee and attempts to sabotage the escape, but Flame ties her up and gags her. Flame is then killed while saving the life of fellow inmate Flint, and in the confusion, Esmerelda is kidnapped by the mastermind behind the asylum, which turns out to be best friend Isabella. She is revealed to be a lunatic and dangerous psychopath, puppeteering the shadowy "Committee" puppets and permanently damaged by the "wisdom of the Grand Guignol". Dr. Ravenwood rescues Esmerelda, and Isabella becomes trapped in a metal container which turns out to be the real Meat Grinder, propelling her to an unknown but presumably ghastly fate. Esmerelda, meanwhile, is able to enter the Paradise beyond the Grand Guignol. Janus unties herself and discovers the secret of the Committee puppets. She is filled with a madness like Isabella's, and becomes the "new management" of the sanitorium. The inmates vow to continue their mission to tell others of Yeshua, and Dr. Ravenwood (his wife and daughter now both in Paradise) is left to speculate whether or not Yeshua is real. Having a conversation with Flint, Dr. Ravenwood becomes torn between the conflict of whether he is insane or the inmates, and before he is seen to make any conclusion, the credits roll.
Mahrokh's House
Drama
Film Details
A teenage girl in a bright and florid room begins to tell a story about the "other side of the mirror". A group of young inmates in a surreal asylum erupt in a frenetic rock song which reveals that they are all followers of Yeshua (Jesus) and have been imprisoned on charges of being out of their minds, at the chilling Grelling-Nelson Sanitorium, run by bizarre shadowy figures simply known as The Committee. Resident psychologist Dr.
Edgar Ravenwood is sympathetic to the inmates, though not a believer in the entity they call Yeshua, and his young adult daughter, Esmerelda, has come to work part-time at the sanitorium. She is pampered and privileged and spends much of her time with her equally aristocratic best friend, Isabella Mendacious. The inmates are subjected to strange therapies that seem to provoke what they claim to take away- Esteem Therapy makes the patient more inferior, Aggression Therapy makes the patient aggressive.
During a weekly assessment with The Committee, passionate young inmate Flame bursts into a rock-fueled rage, further revealing to The Committee that she is actually a born-again Christian and her "friend" inside her is actually Jesus Christ. Esmerelda talks to Flame in the asylum hallway and becomes intrigued with the inmates and their belief in Yeshua. The inmates are all ages and backgrounds, rounded up by the Progress Mandate in order to "purge the city of all insanity", and they regularly meet to hold Bible studies or to secretly convert staff members like the hall porter Quizling.
Among the inmates is Janus, a cynical teenage girl who receives special favors from The Committee and is dubious about whether she truly believes in Yeshua or not. Esmerelda further investigates the inmates, including long-time patient "Miss Kitty", a veteran of the asylum who was imprisoned for talking about Yeshua in a public park. Tensions mount as the inmates, particularly Flame, become restless and anxious for the entire sanitorium to know the truth about Yeshua.
They take to the halls proclaiming "the J word" (Jesus), resulting in lockdowns and Flame being subjected to a fear serum, which she manages to overcome through her dreams. Miss Kitty is executed by The Committee, and her picture is added to a wall of martyrs by the teenage girl from the bright room, who has been serving as a mysterious sort of narrator. Met with indifference from both Dr.
Ravenwood and Isabella, Esmerelda plunges into depression over her confusion on whether the inmates are sane or insane, and is sabotaged by The Committee, who give her the fear serum which causes her to fall ill. She sees a vision of the Meat Grinder, which Dr. Ravenwood describes as being hell- the place where unbelievers go, while believers in Yeshua go to Paradise.
Still with a fever, Esmerelda discovers that her late mother believed in Yeshua, and finally has a real encounter with Jesus Himself, who enters her room and then, her heart. Due to her salvation, Esmerelda becomes aware that the sanitorium is actually an illusion, and they are really at the Grand Guignol, a great stage where life is being played out before a host of angelic and demonic patrons. She is told that the theatre used to be a church, a perfect sanctuary, until Evie (the teenage narrator girl from the bright room) ate of forbidden fruit and plunged everything into a ghastly theatre of smoke and mirrors and illusions.
But the truth of Yeshua remained in the Grand Guignol for anyone who searched for it. Flame reveals that Esmerelda was actually poisoned, and The Committee plans on quietly disposing of her and hushing everything up, fearing the news of her salvation will destroy their work at the asylum. The inmates stage an escape, to free Esmerelda from the Grand Guignol by taking her to the Paradise beyond.
Janus sides with The Committee and attempts to sabotage the escape, but Flame ties her up and gags her. Flame is then killed while saving the life of fellow inmate Flint, and in the confusion, Esmerelda is kidnapped by the mastermind behind the asylum, which turns out to be best friend Isabella. She is revealed to be a lunatic and dangerous psychopath, puppeteering the shadowy "Committee" puppets and permanently damaged by the "wisdom of the Grand Guignol".
Dr. Ravenwood rescues Esmerelda, and Isabella becomes trapped in a metal container which turns out to be the real Meat Grinder, propelling her to an unknown but presumably ghastly fate. Esmerelda, meanwhile, is able to enter the Paradise beyond the Grand Guignol.
Janus unties herself and discovers the secret of the Committee puppets. She is filled with a madness like Isabella's, and becomes the "new management" of the sanitorium. The inmates vow to continue their mission to tell others of Yeshua, and Dr.
Ravenwood (his wife and daughter now both in Paradise) is left to speculate whether or not Yeshua is real. Having a conversation with Flint, Dr. Ravenwood becomes torn between the conflict of whether he is insane or the inmates, and before he is seen to make any conclusion, the credits roll..