A playwright wants to write a happy play, but he can’t because his main character is so depressed that he wants to end his life – hopefully the playwright will find a way to give Django’s journey a happy ending. Or is it the other way around?

Django in pain is an astonishing and beautiful piece about depression, creativity and love. Made, staged and filmed within the isolation of the early days of the pandemic in New York City, using hand-made puppets and scrap materials, this feature-length table-top puppet show chronicles the often-humorous with razor edges of grief misfortunes and adventures of Django, – a puppet loosely inspired by Django Reinhardt, and a stray dog that keeps getting in his way. A deeply personal and at the same time universal, multi-layered tale of despair, loyalty and hope.