This haunting film brings to life the writings and personal history of Constantine P. Cavafy (1863–1933), the celebrated Greek poet whose intensely personal writing, often filled with homoerotic imagery, influenced such diverse personalities as painter David Hockney and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. The story begins in Alexandria, Egypt, in 1933, where the seventy-year-old Cavafy lies terminally ill. A young writer who is working on a book about the artist begins to read passages from his biography, flooding the elderly poet’s memory with images from earlier days. This lyrical portrait blends striking cinematography, rich characterizations, and a remarkable score by Vangelis to capture the life and art of a man who left singular mark upon the world.