Pygmalion, a sensitive young sculptor, carves a block of smooth, snow-white marble into "Galatia", a life-like female statue of unparalleled beauty, and falls madly in love with it. Such is his passion and his lust for the extraordinary inanimate object, that he falls asleep next to the lifeless woman, and has a vivid dream about Galatia, brought to life by the playful deity, Eros. But, what will happen when the artist wakes up, and his sweet fantasy remains nothing but a fleeting dream?