Pillbox tells the story of a couple who are forced to part when the man heads overseas to war The opening sequence boasts the simple blackandwhite aesthetic of early cinema complete with title cards but after a barrage of harrowing newsreel footage the wounded soldier finds himself in a psychedelic fantasyland where he parties with a bejeweled king and his subjects But after insulting the king the soldier is blinded banished and forced to wander through a surreal landscape as he searches for redemption and tries to find his way home