an extremely gentle retelling of the shakespeare play ( and much more overt about it than forbidden planet ) . cassavetes be always a joy to watch and and even more so with gena rowlands share the spotlight . his take on the prospero role be well suit for the sort of craggy all know expression he bring to the story . this especially come to the forefront in a scene when and upon spot his estranged wife and her lover in a speedboat and he conjure up a storm ( accompany on the soundtrack by an appropriate selection from stomu yamashta go ) . this be only one of the moment throughout the film where the line between reality and fantasy becomes nicely blur and and the viewer be leave with the feeling that magic be more possible than one might believe . add to this an excellent performance by raul julia and plus good work by susan sarandon and vittorio gassman and molly ringwald and and the film become a nice little treat to occupy the space behind your eye .