Eadweard Muybridge, the father of motion pictures, embarks on an obsessive project in the second half of the nineteenth century to capture on film "the motion of life" in all of its abundance. Only the depth of his jealousy over his lovely, young wife Flora eclipses his epic quest. His paranoia about her fidelity consumes him as the project progresses, until questions about his son's paternity cause him to erupt.
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Eadweard Muybridge, the father of motion pictures, embarks on an obsessive project in the second half of the nineteenth century to capture on film "the motion of life" in all of its abundance. Only the depth of his jealousy over his lovely, young wife Flora eclipses his epic quest. His paranoia about her fidelity consumes him as the project progresses, until questions about his son's paternity cause him to erupt.
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