Hiding death does not make it disappear. A little girl who suffered from the silence of adults felt dispossessed of her right to mourn. As an adult, she recounts the tender gestures that bind her to the dead.
An insecure giant refrains from eating, terrified at the prospect of revealing his ogresque self and thus compromising his place in the society. During a business banquet, his true nature will be put to the test.