His objective is to make the information accessible to all his listeners. In Germany, Olivier Staiger joins an avant-garde group, in order to retransmit the event on the Internet. For him, this is also an opportunity to meet people from different countries. In northwestern India, Debasis Sarkar, accompanied by his pregnant wife, his 2-year old son and four of his friends, has travelled 4,000 kms. As the countdown commences the tension mounts.
Nothing is certain.
Despite technological progress, eclipse enthusiasts are always at the mercy of the weather. Distress, delight and disappointment - the camera captures the emotions of each of them in their looks, their smiles or their scarcely suppressed tears. Nothing has changed over the centuries. From the legends invented by various religions and cultures to explain the mysteries of the cosmos, to the quests of the film's protagonists, human beings are always trying to decipher the signs of their role in the world. Here, in the form of a poetic meditation on Man facing the universe, he appeals to the subversive strength of the power of wonder.