In 1922 Madrid, bohemian lifestyles are flourishing - from the arrival of jazz music to the en vogue teachings of Sigmund Freud. As the tale opens, Salvador Dali is only 18, but his dreams of artistic glory lie poised in front of him; his outré personality and social attitudes soon draw the full-fledged attention of two from the in-crowd - Lorca and Buñuel. For a temporary period, the three become the most "in" clique in all of Spain and find themselves virtually defining the currents of modernism; then Buñuel hearkens off to Paris, however, and Salvador and Federico are thrust together even closer than before - so close that one night, their relations suddenly cross the line from platonic friendship to something far more intimate.