A completely naked man rides a motorcycle through the city. He arrives on a bumpy path at the edge of a wood. There he sees a scarecrow. He grabs his clothes to dress himself in them and hears a voice. He turns around and sees a hanged man with a dagger in his heart. A message hangs from the hanged...
Jean-Jacques Rousseau has just finished his last film, shot in unworthy conditions. He is preparing to show it to the movie critics of a local newspaper. The filmmaker launches the first images but these reveal all the problems that a non-professional filmmaker may encounter.