The insatiably curious and headstrong inventor Leonardo da Vinci left Italy to join the French court, where he could experiment freely, inventing flying contraptions, and incredible machines, and study the human body. There, joined in his adventure by the audacious princess Marguerite, Leonardo will uncover the answer to the ultimate question "What is the meaning of it all?"

The lives of three strangers, a high society girl, a lonely lieutenant, and a drag queen cabaret performer, intertwine on the eve of a hurricane following the mysterious death of a young poet and drug dealer.