In ancient Indonesia, small prehistoric eggs were vibrant living amulets that participated in the sound and songs of their hosts. Known as the Telur Suci, they also fueled the immortality of the Gru’kiba, an Indonesian firebird. Thousands of them were lost to her voracious appetite, they were thought to be extinct.

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 But in modern times, Romeo, a Starbucks barista in America, discovers 99 of them in a shipment of coffee beans.  Being the only one close enough to the canister to hear their delicate sound, he is alone in their rescue from the coffee grinder, a kind act that cost him his job.

 

​Close behind is Galdifore, the Indonesian shaman who is guardian of the sacred eggs. Romeo’s intervention brings new hope to his dilemma. For to survive the fragile Telur Suci must connect again with people, but to do so would make them visible once again to the Gru’kiba who is forever searching from the skies. 

 

As Galdifore is orienting Romeo to his new duties as steward for the magic eggs the firebird drops screeching from the sky. Though the shaman’s giant hawk fends off the attack, Romeo is scared off and seeks refuse with family. While he heads home on a cross country bus he meets Juliet, a college flunkout whose ruin and salvation is through the words of Shakespeare. When she hears the magic eggs she too becomes enchanted, not just with the eggs, but with Romeo.

 

​Now on the west coast, Romeo introduces the magic eggs into the music industry. Known now as the Beanos, their rise to fame is swift as various recording artists incorporate them into their sound. On their arrival in LA Juliet’s father had severed their budding relationship, but she finds her feet in a Shakespearean troupe.

 

 All vectors merge at the Beanos huge outdoor concert in San Bernardino with Romeo as  MC and Juliet in the audience. So far Galdifore and his giant hawk have managed to keep the firebird at bay. Now mounted the hawk, he patrols the skies over the concert.

 

Under heavy cloud cover the Gru’kiba gets past the Shaman, and in the middle of the concert she drops screeching to the stage. Romeo is cast aside and possibly dead as Juliet jumps onto the stage and into the path of the firebird. Undaunted she takes a stand with her only weapon, her voice and the words of the Bard, “To be or not to be, that is the question. “

 

The duel of fire and Shakespeare’s words have an unexpected positive outcome. But the Beanos are now silent, traumatized by the firebird’s attack. The blow to Romeo was not fatal as he stands up and attempts to revive the concert with the hopes of re-awakening the Beanos.

 

In their backstory we saw the Telur Suci (the Beanos) being worn as amulets and participating in the songs of their hosts. Now Galdifore attempts to re-create this, distributing the eggs into the audience as they sing along with the performers.  This does revive them which then lifts the emotional tone of the concert to new heights.  But then a miracle happens, the eggs begin to hatch.

 

At the outset and during the film Romeo and Juliet are sharing this tale with their two grandchildren.  Now they continue, telling the end of the tale, answering their questions as the final outcome unfolds.