James Cameron and Hayao Miyazaki, Steven Spielberg and Guillermo del Toro, Christopher Nolan, Lars von Trier are the heroes of Anton Dolin's new book. The main storytellers of world cinema find ways to return us to childhood - the age of fantastic hopes, ineradicable fears and absurd belief in a happy ending. What can explain the tremendous success of Avatar? What do infantile Tintin and manly Indiana Jones have in common?