A child is born. We see underwater swimmers representing this. He is young, in a jungle setting, with two fanciful "instincts" guiding him as swooping bird-like acrobats initially menace, then delight. As an adolescent, he enters a desert, where a man spins a large cube of metal tubing. He leaves his instinct-guides behind, and enters a garden where two statues dance in a pond. As he watches their sensual acrobatics of love, he becomes a man. He is offered wealth (represented by a golden hat) by a devil figure. In a richly decorated room, a scruffy troupe of a dozen acrobats and a little girl reawaken the old man's youthful nature and love.

Starring:

Ian McKellen , Nicky Dewhurst , Brian Dewhurst , Ana Karagy , Chris Van Wagenen , Kenny Raskin , Cully Smoller , Mikhail Matorin , Yves Decoste , Marie-Laure Mesnage , Jennifer Cl�ment , Konstantine Besschetnyj , Yelena Kolesnikova , Aleksandr Leontiev , Oleg Ouchakov

Genre:

Short, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical