天才科学家莉莲和迈克尔发明了一种能够记录和回放他人的实际经历的系统。进入这个系统意味着你能够知道他人在想什么和做什么，甚至重复这种经验。于是，有人开始利用它进行一些匪夷所思的活动，甚至连政府也利用它来获得军事上的秘密。然而事情还不仅于此。有人开始离奇地死去。迈克尔知道，要想遏止这种失控的局势，必须进入这种系统中改变进行的状态，这使他面临死亡的威胁。迈克尔能否经艰苦的努力粉碎阴谋者的企图呢……
痴迷篆刻的年轻男子镇（小田切让 饰）连续数天被真实感极强的梦所困扰，当梦见开车撞人之后，他立即前往梦中的车祸现场，却发现这一切都曾真实发生。警方调取附近的录像，找到肇事逃逸的车辆，并从家中带走正在熟睡的汽车主人——刚刚结束一段恋情的兰（李娜英 饰）。兰拒绝承认罪行，然录像中的自己却确凿无疑证明了一切。最终查明兰患有严重的梦游症，令人难以置信的是，她的梦境竟与镇的意识相通。镇的梦操纵着兰的身体，去完成这一件件匪夷所思的事情。 借着奇妙的机缘，两人走到一起，共同寻找着摆脱这恐怖之梦的办法，却又不得不去面对深藏心中黑暗的一面……
Married carnival performers are subjected to the abuses of their employer in this silent film gem that has not received as much attention as it deserves. When the boss' unwanted advances on the wife are refused, he taunts a lion until it nearly kills her. But the other performers assist in a unique plot for revenge. Jaque Catelain directs and stars in this film made for influential French director Marcel L'Herbier's production company. Some sources also list L'Herbier as co-director, as he is credited here. The film boasts some rapid-fire editing techniques that were decades ahead of its time.
Using few words and gorgeous imagery, this is a poetic painting of a family, each in their own space on an August afternoon.
