An opera composer as a Western hero? Mozart's librettist as a mafia boss? An Indian chief as a balloonist? Kurt Palm combines absurdity and historical details into a story that is both outrageous and thrilling, bringing the Wild West to life. Bored with social life, Gioachino Rossini takes on a crazy challenge. His uncle has left him a saloon and a piece of pasture land in Missouri, and neither the stormy Atlantic crossing nor the hardships of a 1,700-kilometer journey can deter him. And when the Indian Kamalesh, the runaway slave Ringgold, and the Indian Big Thunder join his one-man trek, nothing can stop Rossini.