AmockdocumentaryaboutanAmericanfilmmakerwhowantstoproduceafilmaboutthereal-lifestoryofMerhan"Alfred"Nasseri,arefugeefromIranwho,throughaseriesofbureaucraticsnafusandthetheftofhisidentificationpapers,hasbeenstrandedinCharlesdeGaulleairportsince1988.Nasseriisreluctanttotakepart,butthepushydirectorwillstopatnothingtoseehisvisioncometolife.