This exquisitely crafted, surreal fairy tale for adults recounts the destruction of a remote mountain village (not unlike the one in which Jakubisko grew up) when it is thrust into contact with civilization. The prophecy of Nostradamus is fulfilled as wolves invade, houses sink into the ground, crops go up in flames, and helicopters attack. A bitter parable of mankind at the turn of the millennium, it nonetheless offers the hope and promise of children in a new world.