Prospero is a magician who gets to keep only a small fragment of his enormous library when he is exiled with his daughter to an enchanted island. As Prospero describes the books he loves, visions begin to unfold. However, problems arise when Prospero’s daughter falls in love with the wrong man.

La pellicola è una reinterpretazione de La Tempesta di Shakespeare in chiave puramente avanguardistica: una commistione ricca e intensa di diverse forme artistiche, tecniche formali, consistenze barocche e colori accesi. Chapeau a Peter Greenaway.