Elixir asks the question, what if the Surrealists were living today in Berlin, alongside punk’s founder Malcolm (McLaren) and a Bosnian vagabond?André (Breton) lives in the Glasshouse, an art residence where provocative artists and writers known as ‘The Group’ have lived for the past 15 years. Located in the heart of Berlin, the Glasshouse is in danger of being swallowed up by commercial development. As fear grows, the solidarity of The Group begins to unravel.Andre, grieving over the death of his closest friend the novelist Jacques (Vache), he has lost his faith as a writer and in the people and place he usually holds so dear. Then one night he meets Lexia who appears to him first as a fallen angel and perhaps also as a saviour.At the same time, Tristan (Tzara), who has been missing in action for 6 months, returns and gives the unraveling group a new goal: a spectacular attack on a fashion/art show by Malcolm (McLaren) during Berlin Art Week. He wants to bring the group back from the brink of obscurity but Lexia’s presence ignites erotic desires and unresolved jealousies. Tristan’s desperate need for redemption and Andre’s fear and resentment are brought to a head. Caught up in a world of loss and wild abandonment, can love friendship and art save these dreamers who yearn for a life free from fear? And will Lexia rise to be the true maverick of them all?
