A man of around 40, shirtless, with a towel around his waist, on the beach of an idyllic island: he is dying of boredom. Another man of around 40, on a theatre stage in the suburbs. He has no talent, and never will have. Finally, we see a man of the same age in a New Beetle driving on a road that is clearly off the beaten track. We see the same man gazing at a magnificent sunset ...