The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is a fantastical morality tale, set
in the present-day. It tells the story of Dr. Parnassus and his extraordinary
‘Imaginarium’, a travelling show where members of the audience get an
irresistible opportunity to choose between light and joy or darkness and gloom.
Blessed with the extraordinary gift of guiding the imaginations of others,
Doctor Parnassus is cursed with a dark secret. An inveterate gambler,
thousands of years ago he made a bet with the devil, Mr. Nick, in which
he won immortality. Centuries later, on meeting his one true love, Dr.
Parnassus made another deal with the devil, trading his immortality for
youth, on condition that when his daughter reached her 16th birthday, she
would become the property of Mr Nick.
Valentina is now rapidly approaching this ‘coming of age’ milestone and
Dr. Parnassus is desperate to protect her from her impending fate. Mr.
Nick arrives to collect but, always keen to make a bet, renegotiates the
wager. Now the winner of Valentina will be determined by whoever
seduces the first five souls. Enlisting a series of wild, comical and
compelling characters in his journey, Dr. Parnassus promises his
daughter’s hand in marriage to the man that helps him win.
In this captivating, explosive and wonderfully imaginative race against
time, Dr. Parnassus must fight to save his daughter in a never-ending
landscape of surreal obstacles – and undo the mistakes of his past once
and for all!