Follows a young Algerian man from an upper class family who implodes after becoming progressively alienated by his authoritative father.

Visions of characters by the seaside from one's memory are erased by the filmmaker's hand.

Danish farmer's son Rasmus Berg has been given a costly education in Copenhagen, and when he returns, he speaks Latin to his parents, and Latinises his name as Erasmus Montanus. He wants to "dispute", and goes on to "prove" a number of absurdities, such as that his mother is a rock. He is contrasted to his brother Jacob who is only interested in knowledge which of practical application.