THE HOUSE WITHOUT STEPS

A sensuous woman, an angry artist, a mysterious puppet maker, suspicious townspeople, mischievous kids; these are the characters in the film. The setting is Vermont, but it is Walter Ungerer’s Vermont. Though beautiful and tranquil, it is charged with an ominousness familiar to Ungerer’s films. Anne Davis, a photojournalist searches for an image that she recalls from her past, a house without front steps.No-one cares. Her sister has an affair with her boyfriend. Arthur, a local painter wants fame and a mistress. Only Peter, the maker of gigantic, grotesque puppets understands the meaning of Anne’s search. But he is unable to communicate with anyone.