THE PRINCE IS BACK

This is the story of one man's uncompromising fight to achieve his dream against all odds. The documentary chronicles Prince Eugene Meshersky's struggle to resurrect his life while restoring the rubble of his ancestors' castle to its former glory. In this tiny village outside Moscow, we live with the Prince, his wife and his three young children on dirt floors below open windows, as he digs a well for water, removes vagrants from his property, replants his gardens, restores his castle one room at a time and dreams about tomorrow. Through the eyes of his tenant, his friends and his neighbors, we get a rare account of what it is like for "real" people living in modern-day Russia. We meet the Prince's father-a true aristocrat from a generation long gone-and we attend the Czar's belated funeral in St. Petersburg, in the company of Russia's President and other visiting dignitaries. While the columns of the castle give testimony to its grandiose past, we realize that the ruins are a metaphor for the House of Russia, it's shattered dreams, its ongoing struggle, and its unwavering commitment to the future...