Totally detached from society, as a matter of personal choice Abigail Harm is as anti-social and introverted as they come. Her only human interaction from day to day is that of her commitment to the service of reading to clients whom she sees at their home, as she reads from their favorite novels or other materials of choice. As the famous Korean folktale would have it, one which tells of love, true love, the ever lasting kind which results from the taming of a deer, who is appears robe-less in need of consolation. One most unexpected evening a gentleman in need of food and temporary shelter appears in Abigail’s home. Over a meal she prepares, the man questions Abigail’s understanding of love, to which she admits her only experience with it was through her parents, as an infant. His one wish for Abigail becomes that she truly gets to feel what love is. He enlightens her to the myth of ‘The Woodcutter and the Nymph’ impressing upon her the importance of keeping her eyes open to her true love which is forthcoming. In a matter of days, Abigails entire existence is revamped via this revelation, and literal appearance of a man in need of her as she is in need of he.
With her new relationship, and new outlook on life Abigail Harm now allows herself to experience as everyone else in humanity would seem to know it. Watch as the once anti-social becomes a butterfly all at the behest and coercion of love and intimacy. The two share moments once unforeseen in her world, or expected, for that matter, to the tune of one of a potentially classic love story.
Experiencing nothing short of love which is overwhelming at times for her psyche, Abigail quickly learns to embrace the attention of another human being.
Many live a life which they desire could mirror fairy and folk tale, but quite often it does not happen; Abigail Harm gives us the hope and lesson of how we would might one day be in that small percentage of fruition. A great gem is shared regarding the importance of caring, of loving, and being loved as well as the need to be invaluable to someone whom you hope to keep forever; share in the joy of happiness and live if only vicariously, through Abigail Harm.
“ABIGAIL HARM” Opening August 30th at The QUAD, NYC
2013 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival