King Leontes of Bohemia suspects his wife, Hermione, and his friend, Polixenes, of betraying him. When he forces Polixenes to flee for his life, Leontes sets in motion a chain of events that lead to death, a ferocious bear, an infant left in the snow, young love, and a statue coming to life.

King Leontes of Sicily is mad with suspicion about the relationship between his wife Hermione and his childhood friend King Polixenes of Bohemia. He puts his wife on trial for her imagined infidelity, resulting in a tragicomedy of love, betrayal, and retribution that spans two countries and 16 years.