Goblin Market - Submission to ÉCU 2013 (Trailer)

Rural England, 1850’s. Adapted from the poem by Christina Rossetti. On the verge of womanhood, sisters Lizzie and Laura live together in an isolated idyll. During a visit to the woods, they hear the chants of goblin merchants, selling fruits in mystical abundance and variety. Lizzie runs home, but curious Laura lingers. The goblins sing to her, luring her with exotic fruits ripe to bursting. Having no coin, Laura pays the goblins with a lock of her hair ’more rare than pearl’. She gorges herself in blissful