In her big - screen adaptation of Shakespeare's mystical thriller «The Tempest,» Academy Award ® — nominated Julie Taymor («Across the Universe,» «Frida,» «Titus») brings an original dynamic to the story by changing the gender
of the sorcerer Prospero into the sorceress Prospera, portrayed by Oscar ® winner Helen Mirren («The Queen»).
Prospero, the
sorcerer on whose island
of exile William Shakespeare set his play, The Tempest, has been captured and imprisoned in Hell, and time is running out for his daughter Miranda and for the great magician himself.