The tale of a writer who gets fed up with his life. Entranced by hallucinations, he is taken on a visually-striking surrealistic journey, guided by the sage Faust, finally breaking free from the Cockroach-like degeneracy of civilization.

When Amadeus Klein loses the one person he loves to the brutality of an authoritarian nation, he must focus all his genius into a new project that could bring him back some happiness amidst such a chaotic world.