Iris Cayatte

Bruce Cogburn, a reclusive and controversial author of the famed book "The Infernal Machine," is drawn out of hiding when he begins to receive endless letters from an obsessive fan. What ensues is a dangerous labyrinth as Bruce searches for the person behind the cryptic messages, forcing him to confront his past and ultimately reveal the truth behind the book.

Washed up cartoonist and photographer Raymond Vachs (Dominique Pinon) spends a night of soul searching during a kaleidoscopic journey in a country on the verge of collapse. Groundbreaking Portuguese filmmaker Edgar Pêra mixes drama, psychedelic techniques and H.P. Lovecraft in this award winning film originally conceived as science fiction but which now seems hyper-realistic.