AUSpolitician(SamWaterston)visitshispoetfriend(JohnHeard)inMont.St.Michael,France.WhilewalkingthroughthemedievalislanddiscussingtheirphilosophiesoflifetheyhappenuponSonja(LivUllman),ascientistinrecluse,whojoinsintheirconversation.Thetwomenlistentotheideasofthisbrilliantwomananddiscusshowherideascanworkintheirownpoliticianandpoetliveseee