1847 Manchester is troubled by agitators of one faction or another. The city is uneasy as the country waits for a general election in a time of economic depression. Britain is not the only imperial power in Europe. As the Tsar of Russia casts covetous eyes on a weakening Turkish Empire, his second son is about to visit the city. The proposed visit stirs up bitter memories of a military fiasco the outcome of which has affected lives in ways that could not have been predicted. Hopes, dreams and nightmares are part of the same reality. One man hides many secrets, another cannot trust his own recollections, and two women have had their existence scarred by events which occurred thousands of miles away in Afghanistan
Poseidon, a thoroughbred show jumping horse, is injured during a devastating fire at the horse ranch. Traumatized, the beautiful colt becomes trapped with his demons, and aggressively attacks anyone who approaches. After Poseidon hurts several people, the vet suggests that the horse be euthanised. Axel, a painter who grew up with horses all his life on his grandparents' stud fa...
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