A descendant of Shakespeare tries to restore his plays in a world rebuilding itself after the Chernobyl catastrophe obliterates most of human civilization.
Burgess Meredith
as Don Learo
Peter Sellars
as William Shakespeare Junior the Fifth
Julie Delpy
as Virginia
Leos Carax
as Edgar
Molly Ringwald
as Cordelia
Jean-Luc Godard
as Professor Pluggy
Norman Mailer
as The Great Writer
Woody Allen
as Mr. Alien
Freddy Buache
as Professor Quentin (uncredited)
Kate Mailer
as Herself (uncredited)
Suzanne Lanza
as (uncredited)
Michèle Pétin
as Journalist (uncredited)
