Phillipe Quesne’s La Melancolie des dragons is a light-hearted and playful exploration of that which is opposite to melancholy: amusement. A group of heavy metal musicians stranded in the wilderness transform a winter landscape by creating an amusement park of the mind which they build and share with the receptive encouragement of the perfect audience member – a wide-eyed, maternal figure in a black Iron Maiden shirt and puffy coat,  who happens upon the band of men when their car breaks down.