The film follows an unnamed young man (played by Wiley Wiggins) as he wanders through a series of surreal, dream-like states.
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: He encounters various scholars, artists, and eccentrics who engage him in deep discussions on topics including: Existentialism and the meaning of life. Lucid dreaming and theories of consciousness. Free will vs. determinism. Political theory , including situationist politics. The film follows an unnamed young man (played
: The protagonist eventually realizes he is stuck in a perpetual dream, experiencing a series of "false awakenings". experiencing a series of "false awakenings".