The filmmakers who created the Dogme Manifesto reflect, argue, and watch clips of their own films.
Filmed during the course of a day long meeting between Dogme adherents Lars Von Trier, Soren Kragh-Jacobsen, Thomas Vinterberg, and Kristian Levring, the film isn't afraid of confronting the contradictions and flaws of the Dogme manifesto. Levring has the most insightful comments, and it's clear that Vinterberg was most comfortable with stretching the rules. Vinterberg's Festen scenarist Mogens Rukov is also around with some interesting thoughts.

Set in the neurosurgical ward of Copenhagen's Rigshospitalet, the city and country's main hospital, nicknamed "Riget", a number of characters, staff and patients alike, encounter bizarre phenomena, both human and supernatural.

Set in the neurosurgical ward of Copenhagen's Rigshospitalet, the city and country's main hospital, nicknamed "Riget", "Riget" means "the realm" or "the kingdom" and leads one to think of "dødsriget", the realm of the dead.

这部影片讲述了这位备受赞誉却特立独行的导演的故事——他在英格玛·伯格曼的阴影下，最终成为瑞典最具影响力的电影人。影片描绘了维德伯格在1960年代初进步时期的崛起历程：从马尔默工人阶级社区中怀揣抱负的作家和尖锐的批评家，到斯德哥尔摩标志性电影作者的全盛时期，再到戛纳和纽约的冒险。
影片同时也揭示了博·维德伯格职业生涯——或者说他对生命的炽热追寻——所付出的代价：对他的同事、家人，以及他自己。