十位导演拍摄的十部短片，每一段基于一部歌剧的一首咏叹调。详细目录如下： Robert Altman (segment Les Boréades) Bruce Beresford (segment Die tote Stadt) Bill Bryden (segment I pagliacci) Jean-Luc Godard (segment Armide) Derek Jarman (segment Depuis le jour) Franc Roddam (segment Liebestod) Nicolas Roeg (segment Un ballo in maschera) Ken Russell (segment Nessun dorma) Charles Sturridge (segment La virgine degli angeli) Julien Temple (segment Rigoletto)
The story follows a woman who lives an orderly life in a religious community until her brother arrives. The leader of the community knows about their difficult upbringing and insists that they resolve their childhood trauma through the therapeutic rituals
