Synopsis One day, W, a very run-of-the-mill, average middleclass man finds a severed index finger on his way to work. He is not curious about whom the finger belongs to or what accident caused it to be severed. To him, the finger is merely an interesting plaything. A little while later, a television news broadcast reports that a man has assaulted his boss after losing his finger in an industrial accident. The next day, W throws the finger to a dog on his way to work. Purpose of Production As its title indicates, the film explores the white-collar worker and his intellectual selfishness as well as apathy towards social problems which give rise to a new form of ignorance.