Deus ex machina

On the island of Sicily, in the midst of the Peloponnesian War, the Syracusans figured out how to deal with the surviving Athenians who had the audacity to attack their city: They herded the poor prisoners of war into a quarry and left them to rot there. Lampon and Gelon, two unemployed potters with a penchant for poetry and drinking, they are looking for a way, how to kill time, and so they head to the quarry, to feed the Athenians. But only if they manage to recite a few selected verses from their favorite playwright, Euripides. It doesn' t take long for the two friends to hatch a plan to direct a full-fledged production of Medea. After all, you can hate people but love their art. But as the premiere approaches, it, What started as fun, quickly sets off a series of extraordinary events, and our quirky heroes begin to realize, that staging a play can be as dangerous as fighting in war, with various risks to life, health and friendship.