Story of the Eye (2012)

Our male narrator Georges reminisces about his first sexual encounters with the enchanting Simone As the encounters become increasingly transgressive the two characters struggle for power and dominance The tables are turned the story is then retold from Simones very different POV to a horrific climax Story of the Eye is a scathing critique of the tendency in both Hollywood and literature to trivialize female sexuality and power Simone and Georges battle over the metaphorical eye but the real tension exists in the struggle over who gets to tell the story and ultimately which story gets told The hyperreality of opera as a musicaltheatrical device further exaggerates this dichotomy