Isabelle Pasco

In Peter Greenaway's creative retelling of William Shakespeare's The Tempest, Prospero (John Gielgud), a former Duke of Milan, has been exiled to an island far from Europe. By studying the 24 books he was allowed to take with him, he has transformed the island into a civilized kingdom. But Prospero also has magic powers with which he hopes to wreak revenge on the enemies who banished him.

Recent high-school graduate Phoebe, troubled by the death of her sister while she was travelling in Europe, retraces her sister's steps through France, Portugal and Holland. Along the way, she meets her sister's boyfriend and finds herself falling for him, but as the two become close, so the mystery of her sister's death becomes clearer.