In Bosch Graziella Hlawaty illustrates what can happen when masterworks of the past affect deeply the lives of people today, in this case a director, his wife, his actors, and friends. Michael Rodnoc, star director of historical films at an Italian Film Festival, feels himself haunted by the "subject" of his next film, a historical treatment of the medieval painter Hieronymus Bosch. His life parallels that of the painter: they are both driven by the burning need to express the scenes played out around them. In dealing with the historical past, Rodnoc finds he must also deal with his own personal past, fringed by the skeletons that those who surround him have in their closets.