A dark and comic look at a tortured family and their frenetic daily rituals. The Whites’ existence centres around a mysterious library card catalog, which serves both as a source and repository for traces of family life. The catalog’s system of perfection intersects with the rigid hierarchy of this household. Manipulated voices replace dialogue, and although words are unintelligible, we understand the Whites very well. Highly sylized yet grounded in humanity, this film is a disturbingly funny tale of home and hearth.
