La vida es sueño

A philosophical allegory regarding the human situation and the mystery of life The story focuses on the fictional Segismundo Prince of Poland who has been imprisoned in a tower by his father King Basilio following a dire prophecy that the prince would bring disaster to the country and death to the King Basilio briefly frees Segismundo but when the prince goes on a rampage the king imprisons him again persuading him that it was all a dream