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