Set in Mississippi at the turn of the 20th century, the film portrays the decline and fall of the Compsons, a once proud, aristocratic Southern family. The film juxtaposes the unique perspectives of the three Compson brothers: mute, man-child Benjy; sensitive, melancholic Quentin; cold, calculating Jason; and lone Compson sister, Caddy. “The Sound and the Fury” spans three decades in the lives of the Compsons and offers, through this single family’s history, a meditation on the relationship between time, memory and history.