Two men are working in a control room, managing a volcano. With all their buttons and panels they give the impression they manage these natural forces.
Tim and Peter make a mysterious discovery in a nearby forest. They gain supernatural powers that can help them defeat a bully, but will also jeopardize their friendship.
Louis Andriessen's opera, based on Dante's Divine Comedy, plays out as a combination of a stage production and filmed elements, which sees Dante as a journalist, Beatrice as a Diplomat and Lucifer as a factory owner.
