Written on Skin

About the show

The Protector commissions the Boy, an artist, to create an illuminated book celebrating his family. Agnès, the Protector’s wife, visits the Boy and becomes his lover. The Boy lies to the Protector to protect her, then writes an account of their affair into the manuscript. The Protector murders the Boy and forces Agnès to eat his heart. When he attempts to reassert control, Agnès jumps from a balcony and dies.