From the film-maker:

I was intrigued by the painting's ambiguity and layers of meaning. On the surface, it was beautiful, colourful, magical. I tried to incorporate this into the film through the composition of shots, colour and title sequences. Yet on closer inspection, I noticed pockets of ugliness, dark and frightening aspects that nestled in this captivating mythological world. I developed themes of love, desire, fraud, jealousy, deceit and the relentlessness of time. I made Cupid into a modern-day boy next door, Daniel. Hannah was inspired by the figure of Deceit; Hannah offers her love as Deceit offers her gift of honeycomb. Lily is based on Venus, who becomes the equivalent of a high school beauty queen. She symbolically holds the coveted golden apple in the form of Daniel's attention, her prize for being the most beautiful. The story is an exploration of how rejection and jealousy can lead to cruelty and brutality.

Sasha Collington

A piece inspired by Bronzino, An Allegory with Venus and Cupid, probably 1540-50