John Von Kubrick, an eccentric director, goes off the rails with all the footage of his freshly shot feature. His two producers find themselves in a serious predicament, having borrowed money from the Japanese mafia to finance the project. Now, they are obligated to track down the director and the film at all costs. It's a matter of life or death..

Jean, a Haitian immigrant in Chile, is admired everywhere he performs. Moreover, his body represents all the classic values of academy. However, in the anonymity of his existence, he is also a canon of marginality.