Просперо, дукът на Милано, е изпратен в изгнание на омагьосан остров, където живее заедно с дъщеря си Миранда, дивакът Калибан и Ариел - въздушен дух. Той успява да отмъсти на своя брат Антонио - узурпатор на трона му - като предизвиква буря, която го довежда на острова. Поразителната актьорска игра на великолепния състав успява да вдъхне живот на вълшебните шекспирови персонажи.

An adaptation of Shakespeare's classic is set in the Mississippi bayous during the Civil War.

When Pericles discovers the dread answer to Antioch's riddle, he flees for his life straight into famine, shipwreck, love, fatherhood, and another shipwreck; he loses his wife and daughter, and doesn't find them again until the story moves us through resurrection, attempted murder, pirates, prostitution, and divine revelation.

Following a premonition, a young woman tries to persuade her fiancé not to go out to sea in his fishing boat, but the boy ignores her and sets out. Soon, a storm occurs, and the girl frantically tries to find out his fate. Eventually, at the advice of her grandmother, she goes to the "Tempestaire", who has the power to speak to the wind and subdue it.