在一个远离喧嚣都市、风景秀丽的山间小镇，人们过着宁静幸福的生活。阳光明媚的日子里，红发女孩正在晾衣服，这时一个男人走了过来，他操持着手中的铁丝，魔术般地变出了一只小狗，逗得女孩格外开心。他自称线先生，灵巧的双手能变幻出各种各样有趣的图形，夜晚，线先生在村庄中心制起幕布，利用灯影效果以及灵巧的编排讲述了一个又一个有趣好玩的故事。他的把戏吸引了越来越多的观众，在这一过程中，红发女孩帮了他不少的忙，两人之间的感情日益加深，最终结为夫妇。 这一天，一个商人来到村庄，邀请线先生前往都市中心的大剧院表演。无法抑制渴望成名的心愿，在一个宁静的夜晚，线先生悄悄离开熟睡的妻子，踏上了一段无法回头的寻梦之旅……A shadow puppet artist, will find out what fame is all about, in a journey that will make him decide between what he loves and what he desires most. His show will begin as a curious accident, but soon he'll find out that the wire puppets he has always created will give him, and the people from the town where he lives, great joy and satisfactions. His show starts to grow and, with the help of his smart and beautiful girlfriend, he will have to face the biggest and most difficult decision of his life, to keep performing in his small and cozy town or to adventure in to the big city and give the biggest spectacle he has ever made, or so he thought.
