"Julia Lombardi agrees to accompany artist Salvador Dal? to the Sacro Bosco, Italy's "Garden of Monsters," in Bomarzo. There, she is his muse, posing as the goddess Persephone for him. The garden is unsettling and as Dal? becomes more and more fanatic, Julia becomes drawn to their host, Ignazio, whom she finds both alluring and terrifying. Julia is soon on the verge of unraveling, and Dal?'s persistence is so intense that she begins to wonder if she really is becoming Persephone, queen of the Underworld.
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