For Le Genou d'Artemide Jean-Marie Straub once again chose a dialogue by Cesare Pavese. And not just any dialogue, but one that tears open a painful, mystical abyss between love and the one left behind. The film is one single exhilaration and one single rush, a spell and dispersion into nature. It rises from a dark screen and chant to disappear in the woods with the whisper of the wind. It has little to do with what is generally called «cinema». It has one foot in the world beyond.
　　Nature has ten million times the imagination of the most imaginative of artists. (Jean-Marie Straub)

　　空空荡荡的写字楼内，几乎所有的人都已下班，享受属于自己的快乐夜晚，只有身心俱疲的小职员查理（Napoleon Ryan 饰）还在站在复印机前，辛辛苦苦地影印材料。在这种几近崩溃的疲劳时刻，也许咖啡是唯一能令他稍感振奋的东西。突然，一件奇怪的事情毫无征兆地发生了。一张A4纸出来，上面没有任何所需的资料，只印了一个实心黑球。查理不以为意，将这张废纸放到一边，当他放置咖啡杯时，杯子竟然掉进了A4纸的黑洞里。这奇怪的黑洞引起了查理的注意，他尝试将纸挂在自动贩卖机上，结果成功地伸进黑洞拿到了里面的饮料。
　　这时，一个邪恶的念头闪过脑海……