The story is set in a near future, where machines and computers have gained total power over the humans. All men and women are filed, monitored and their life is constantly controlled by a computer.
Leonardo, a young rebel, opposes the situation and is consequently brought to jail; there he starts to tell to the other prisoners and to the prison’ guards the story of the world greatest thinkers from the past.
Euclide, Archimede, Pitagora, Cartesio, Fibonacci come to life in the film, and thanks to their discoveries, highlight the countless relations between art, nature and science. Thanks to the power of the mind, of education, culture and….. mathematics….. Leonardo will finally find his freedom.