1814. Young Ishmael arrives in New Bedford, Massachusetts, to board a whaling ship. In a tavern, he befriends an Indian, Queequeg. Soon, both men are hired aboard the "Pequod". Captain Ahab is a strange character, obsessed with a white whale. In a fierce battle with the captain, she sacrificed herself to save the life of her offspring, nicknamed Moby Dick. But the captain lost a leg in the fight. Since then, he has been on a mad hunt for Moby Dick...
Ahab's obsession takes on increasingly disturbing proportions, to the point where his crew questions the wisdom of the orders he gives. The death of Moby Dick's mother has left the whale calf in turmoil. The young cetacean can no longer find his place in the seas, and spends his fury on fishermen's boats...
