Overview

On a cold winter’s night three friends, Birdie, Tizel, and George, struggle to stay alive with a half-quart bottle of gin and a story. What enfolds is the narrative of a world not unlike our own, one in which people value beauty as the highest measure of success. To heighten the stakes, a superficial disease has distorted parts of the population, deforming the human figure into something too unsightly for the public eye. An uprising is sure to occur, but at whose hand? Surrounding this are a number of moving parts—a family at odds with the past, two women in love, and a group of friends struggling through transgressions. Birdie weaves a captivating tale, but is it enough to keep them alive until daybreak?