Prospero's Books

A magician's spell, the innocence of young love and a dream of revenge unite to create a tempest.

6.8

|1991|126 min

An exiled magician finds an opportunity for revenge against his enemies muted when his daughter and the son of his chief enemy fall in love in this uniquely structured retelling of the 'The Tempest'.

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