The gifted, charismatic artist John Cranko moves to the Swabian province from London, where he is attacked for his homosexuality, and after many crises becomes the great sensation as the new pop star of the arts: the Stuttgart Ballet Miracle.

A young man named Erik has turned his back on Earth to search for answers in the vastness of space. Far away from any stars and planets, in complete loneliness, a woman suddenly answers the radio. The conversations of the two let Erik gradually doubt his intention and even reality itself.