在这部从阿非利加归来剧情片中,文森特和妻子弗朗索瓦丝年纪轻轻、两情相悦。两人住在日内瓦，生活舒适，文森特是个园丁，妻子则在艺术画廊做助理。晚上和朋友一起看电影，之后讨论电影的意义和使命。可他们受够了自己只能做个见证者，见证世界上别的地方的（尤其是第三世界）伟大事业。他们不想看什么了，只想行动。文森特 终于决定移民去非洲（因为那里第三世界离他们最近，还有个可以帮忙安顿的朋友）。可等两人辞了工作，卖了家具和车子，与朋友一一道了别，身在非洲的朋友却来了一封电报……
An ode to liberated speech and to the power of words, "those one speaks to others, those one speaks in silence", Alain Tanner's third film is inspired by a poet and a poetic text which deeply affected him as a young director.
