Doctor Parnassus signs a pact with the devil in exchange for his daughter’s soul on her 16th birthday. As the date approaches, Tony, a crook who has faked his own death, joins their travelling theatre. Success returns, but at what price? The filming was plunged into mourning by the death of Heath Ledger, who was replaced by Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell, who portrayed Ledger’s character after his magical mirror transformations. An elegant farewell, enriched by the inventions of a master of the weird and wonderful.