Adonis Mortale - synopsis

When the son of an honest fisherman, collides on the street of his island home with a young and vibrant sprite – hearts collide. But the young man holds a secret that could upset his family and anger one general of the Roman army. Adonis Mortale, set at the decline of the Roman Empire, brings to life Greek mythological characters on an island in the Ionian Sea. General Ares, his wife Aphrodite and Adonis are mortals. Adonis adores young Callisto who is also passionate about him. He would do nothing to hurt her, but his desire for Aphrodite drives him to near madness. One day he vows resolution. He sneaks off into the woods to avoid the curiosity of his cousin Markus who is beginning to unravel the secret. But alas, halfway up the hill to the fortress Adonis is attacked by a wild boar and gored. General Ares and his men, while hunting, find the injured man and take him to the fortress. In the days of Adonis’ recovery he and Aphrodite collaborate the story to their clandestine affair. Eventually Markus and Callisto retrieve Adonis and return the wayward son to his worried family that had feared the worst. Callisto’s father intervenes and demands restitution for what Adonis has done to his daughter. Adonis denies any wrongdoing, which his father believes, however their parents agree the pair should be married. On the eve of their wedding day a Roman warrior takes Adonis aside to inform him that Aphrodite has given birth to twins. Adonis is forced to ignore the reality and bears the joy and sorrow alone. Seventeen years later Adonis is confronted with a harsh reality as his daughter has fallen in love with her half-brother, a member of the Roman army.
Young Dionysus paces the hall in anger as his mother Aphrodite and this stranger tell him he can never see his half-sister, the love of his life, again. And when Ares calmly enters the room and tells him it is true – and why, Dionysus vows to runaway. After a keynote battle in Gaul Dionysus flees only to embark on his own adventure. The ending finds Dionysus soon on his home shores – watching as the fishing boats come in – watching for one boat in particular, his father’s.