A woman disappears without a trace. The police commissioner
investigating the case enquires: was she of dubious morals, was she the
rebellious sort? Nobody understands how a woman could simply walk away,
leaving husband and home behind. After all, in the Kingdom of Oil where
His Majesty reigns supreme, no woman has ever dared disobey the command
of men.
When the woman finally reappears, there is a blurring between the men in
her life. In a tangle of dream-like scenarios, she leaves one to become
the wife of another, but when she eventually returns to her first
husband she finds that he has taken a new wife. She is trapped in a
man-made web, unable to escape from a male figure who is always
half-asleep and who continually fills urns that she must carry.
Surreal and satirical, Love in the Kingdom of Oil is a startling
reflection on the limits of female freedom in a society unable and
unwilling to shrug off the multiple faces of patriarchy.