In Victorian England, Charles and Pearl Ashcroft display
stolen artifacts from South American indigenous tribes
in their cabinet of curiosities, selling the sacred for profit.
Into this world steps Achik, a man first paraded as a “living
artifact”. But his beauty unsettles the order: Pearl, starved
for touch, is consumed with longing, while Charles, rigid
and repressed, oscillates between control and forbidden
desire. Their household becomes a theatre of obsession,
where meals, games, and rituals turn erotic, each glance
and command blurring dominance and submission. Achik,
observing their hunger, learns to wield it – seducing
their desires, turning their gaze back upon them, and
destabilising their marriage. Through intimacy he reclaims
power, plotting to return home with both their secrets
and the treasures once stolen from his people.