Central-Europe — The future—uncertain, but already lost. A seer who burns visions of the past and future onto photographic paper. A job that should never be taken.

Something bizarre happens at the zoo. A man wakes up completely naked among the crocodiles. He doesn't remember how he ended up there, and he also can't seem to recall where he's been in the last three years. The unusual case is assigned to a young, female detective and her alcoholic male partner, about to retire. All traces lead to a mysterious cult whose guiding motto is: "Consciousness is suffering."