A brief travelogue of Ennui-sur-Blasé led by Herbsaint Sazerac (Owen Wilson).
J.K.L. Berensen (Tilda Swinton) recounts the story of Moses Rosenthaler (Benicio del Toro), a criminally insane artist serving a life sentence, and his muse, a prison guard named Simone (Léa Seydoux).
True to Anderson's signature aesthetic, the film features meticulously symmetrical compositions, a shifting palette that moves between vibrant colors and high-contrast black-and-white, and varying aspect ratios.