Henry Darger lived an introverted life. By day he was a custodian at a hospital; by night he retreated into his own fantastic world, “The Realm of the Unreal.” When he died, neighbors discovered six decades worth of illustrations and writings about this made-up sphere in which a band of girls—the Vivian Girls—stand up against the evil powers of warring men. In this film, Yu untangles the mysteries of Darger’s creations. We hear from the few people who knew him but mostly we hear from those who knew him best, the characters in his exhaustive narrative. The spellbinding artwork and writings, meticulously animated and poignantly narrated by a young child, take center stage. Yu brings Darger’s bizarre and magical fantasy to life in an almost autobiographical testament.  ST