Dance of the Seven-Headed Mouse June 30, 2009

'Dance of the Seven-Headed Mouse' deals with the disintegration of a picture-perfect Fifth Avenue family in the aftermath of the death of a child. The father turns to work to drown his sorrow, while his wife drifts into a haze of pills and booze. When their surviving child inexplicably drops out of her prestigious New England boarding school, her roommate Juliana arrives for a visit, determined to lure her back. Acting as a catalyst and witness, Juliana exposes the gaping cracks in the family's Upper East Side facade, forcing its three surviving members to engage with one another and the tragedy they share.