[1] Created and directed by Marc Craste, it was indirectly inspired by "The Carny", a song by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.

Madame Pica is the cold-hearted mistress of a circus of "monsters and misfits", attended each night by thousands of curious spectators.

Marc Craste's original aim was to make a short film based on "The Carny", a song by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.

He began work on a storyboard, intending it to be a "straight visual interpretation of the text", featuring live action sequences combined with 3D animation.

[2] In the following years, Craste made three one-minute films for Studio AKA, starring Madame Pica in a circus setting.