Fitzcarraldo je sanjar koji planira izgraditi opernu kuću u Iquitosu, u peruanskoj Amazoni, pa, kako bi financirao svoj projekt, kreće u epsku avanturu skupljanja gume, vrlo isplativog proizvoda, u udaljenoj i neistraženoj regiji prašuma.
A self-loathing, alcoholic writer attempts to repair his damaged relationships with his daughter and her mother while combating sex addiction, a budding drug problem, and the seeming inability to avoid making bad decisions.
