In the second half of the 19th century, Eadweard Muybridge, the dad of motion pictures, according to an obsessive job to record on film"the motion of life" at all its own riches. His epic quest is eclipsed only by his jealousy within his beautiful wife Flora's depth. His paranoia on her fidelity absorbs him until questions appear about his son's sanity, inducing him to erupt as the job progresses.