The action of the feature film is set in 19th century London. Dorian Gray lives there, an attractive and very rich young man. Although he is an intelligent man, he is also easily manipulated.
Basilio is a colorful friend of Dorian who is painting a portrait of him. Dorian meets Lord Henry Wotton, Basilio’s friend, and they have a conversation about pleasure and whether life is worth it without it, and about the importance of beauty and youth. Then Dorian, in front of a legendary Egyptian statue that is supposed to grant wishes, asks not to grow old and that it be the portrait of the painting that Basilio is painting for him that will age instead.