Joanna, den smukke datter af den succesrige forlagsejer, Matthew Drayton, og hans aristokratiske hustru Christina, er kommet på besøg med sin nye forlovede, John Prentice, en anerkendt sort læge. Christina accepterer sin datters valg om at gifte sig med John, men Matthew er chokeret ved tanken om denne raceblanding; og lægens forældre er tilsvarende skuffede. Begge familier bliver nødt til at sætte sig ned, ansigt til ansigt, og undersøge alvoren af deres intolerance.

Loosely based on a rape case that happened to two sisters in Cebu, Visayas, Philippines in late 1990s.

In a 16th-century European town, the ruling family has been given a prophecy that, should there ever be twin boys born, the younger will murder the older; so is dismayed when twins are born to the popular baron. The older grows to be a selfish, slovenly man, who inherits the castle at his father's death and becomes ruler over the formerly happy villagers. He enjoys his power until he learns his younger brother is returning from abroad and, afraid of the prophecy, he determines to murder his sibling, hide his body in the "black room" - an old torture chamber sealed away behind the fireplace - and then impersonate him, right down to his withered arm. In this way he hopes to not only avoid the prophecy, but also escape consequences of his other criminal deeds and obtain marriage to a local girl of the nobility...

"How Every Film You Watch Tells You To Love The Rich and What To Do About It" explores the representations of wealth in cinema. It looks into how most beloved characters are subtly more well-off than they should be, how criticisms of the system are crushed, how the rich have become the average in the world of the cinema. And it shows how these stories distort the view of the real world, and are used against you by politicians.