On the windswept slopes of a barren volcanic island, the flow of time hangs suspended in a secluded world governed solely by rules. This absurd drama by Werner Herzog, which blends grotesque humor and tragedy, centers on the silent explosion created by a group of people shut off from the outside world. An attempt to make a forbidden trip becomes the first spark of the rage and blind desire for destruction building up between the concrete walls. The suffocating atmosphere created by the confined space evolves into an anarchic rebellion against authority. As the characters transform every object they can get their hands on into a tool of resistance, the institution’s cold corridors become the stage for absurd chaos.