Elsewhere, a boy and a girl toy with a mysterious package on a park bench; a pregnant police officer considers recent events with a colleague; an adulterous woman angrily turns on her partner; and a husband faces up to the consequences of his actions.

As it gains traction in the media, what links each of these people to such a high-profile kidnapping? And to what end?

Catalan playwright Sergi Belbel’s searing and darkly humorous account of conflict, power and ideology is, at times, unflinchingly violent and visceral; depicting human beings as absurd and often comic creatures, united by blood, divided by almost everything else.