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A Story in Song

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In a small corner of the world, there lives a singer/song writer duo who weaves magic and mysticism throughout their songs. They are called The Green Children . Their pieces are hauntingly beautiful and capture the imagination. It's as if they are bringing  Alice's Wonderland, King Arthur's Camelot, or Samwise Gamgee's Shire to life through their music. One of my favorite songs of theirs, is Dragons . It tells the story of 2, green-skinned children from 12th century England. The boy is ill and the girl watches over him. With his death, we (the viewer) switches to the present day, where a young woman - the lovely and talented, Milla Sunde - lays in bed. Like the boy was at the beginning of the story, she is ill. In her room, the boy, older though  (played by the dashing Marlow Bevan - the male half of The Green Children ), watches over her. He wants her because she reminds him of his sister. In her fevered state, she fantasizes about being sent, while dressed in a go...