电影带领观众领略水的别样之美和自然之力。影片采用少见的每秒96帧拍摄技术制作，真诚地提醒我们在地球最宝贵的自然环境面前，在自然巨大的力量，变化莫测的想法面前，我们根本不是对手。影片的主角是水，从俄罗斯贝加尔湖危险的冰冻水域，被飓风厄玛带到迈阿密，最后到达委内瑞拉壮观的安赫尔瀑布。导演维克多·科萨科夫斯基以令人惊叹的电影制作清晰度捕捉到水的多种特点。

　　Professor Bettany Hughes investigates the story of Bacchus, god of wine, revelry, theatre and excess, travelling to Georgia, Jordan, Greece and Britain to discover his origins and his presence in the modern world, and explore how 'losing oneself' plays a vital role in the development of civilisation.
　　In this fascinating journey, Bettany begins in Georgia where she discovers evidence of the world's oldest wine production, and the role it may have played in building communities. In Athens she reveals Bacchus's pivotal role in a society where his ecstatic worship was embraced by all classes, and most importantly women. On Cyprus she uncovers startling parallels between Bacchus and Christ. Finally, Bettany follows the god's modern embrace in Nietzsche's philosophy, experimental theatre and the hedonistic hippie movement to conclude that, while this god of ecstasy is worthy of contemporary reconsideration, it is vital to heed the warning of the ancients - "MEDEN AGAN" - nothing in excess.