Pelicanu with English subtitles

“The Pelican is a story about forgiveness. Or about people who don’t know what love is and how simple you can have it.
It is humane, ethical and moral to idolize your mother. But what if the latter is unwilling, or unable, to live and give the same feelings to her own children? Because of the lack of love, the relationship between Mother and Child intensifies, leading to a soul imploding in the search for love, self-discovery, the honing of personalities or the exploration of gender identity.
Strindberg’s text unravels personal and collective destinies. It is the story of a mother who neglects her children and leaves her husband to live her love life with Axel, her son-in-law. These characters live the illusion of a normal family. With the death of the father, the power of this illusion disappears, revealing the way in which the two children have been brought up. A harsh reality, the result of the mother’s selfishness and self-centeredness.
In a universe where illusion subjugates, censors and kills all that is pure and beautiful in a human being, the children “wake up”