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.
Ian McKellen
as Narrator (voice)
Nicky Dewhurst
as Young Man
Brian Dewhurst
as Old Man
Anait Karagyezyan
as Vagabond Girl
Chris Van Wagenen
as Youth
Cully Smoller
as Infant / Child
Kenny Raskin
as Man
Mikhail Matorin
as Cube Act
