Clipped Wings

Helene is a good mother with a checkered past as a stripper and barmaid. After divorcing her husband, her in-laws blame her for causing his addiction and try to seek custody of their grandchild. Thwarted by the courts, they hire a seedy penniless operative, Paul, to destroy her reputation. He moves next door to Helene and begins hatching dark and convoluted plots against her.

A Desperate Light: Orchestral Works by Gisle Kverndokk opens as a cry for help. It is the struggle and despair of being locked up, wings clipped, denied access to life, without knowing when it will all be over.