Hoping to end the stream of violence and misery on television, the idealistic filmmaker Cyrus Frisch strikes a deal with the devil and openly sets out to destroy his protagonists. How long can the viewer stay a passive accomplice?
What are the mechanisms by which we arm ourselves against the cruelty of the world? Do we really care about war, hunger and disease? A man (Roeland Fernhout) travels through a desert-like landscape and tries to answer these questions.
Great frustration about a single negative sentence in a review of his graduation film made Cyrus Frisch embark on this film about self-pity. He invited the legendary Dutch reviewer in question, Hans Beerekamp, to be his adversary.
