The Renaissance Group

Bruce Hastie, a young Scottish engineer, plunges into the smoke, grime and heat of a foundry and finds Heavy, a colossus of a working man, reading poetry. From this paradox springs the hope of an artistic renaissance where musicians, writers and actors enter factories to enliven and change people's lives. But social change comes with a price; there is death, destruction and incarceration for some members of the Renaissance Group. Will the movement be a success or is it doomed to failure in such a materialistic world?