박물관에서 일하는 인류학자 ‘사이먼’은 전설속에 등장하는 수수께끼 동물 예티가 정말 살아있다고 말하지만 황당한 이론일 뿐이라며 그 누구도 믿어주지 않는다. 어떻게 하든 자신의 이론을 증명하고 싶은 ‘사이먼’은 사립탐정 ‘넬리’, 산악가이드 ‘텐징’과 함께 예티의 흔적을 찾아 눈 덮인 히말라야로 탐험을 떠나는데.. 과연, 탐험대는 신비한 동물 예티를 찾을 수 있을까?
Robert Lepage directed this Canadian comedy, filmed in black and white and color and adapted from Lepage's play The Seven Branches of the River Ota. In October 1970, Montreal actress Sophie (Anne-Marie Cadieux) appears in a Feydeau farce at the Osaka World's Fair. Back in Montreal, her boyfriend Michel (Alexis Martin) watches the October Crisis on TV and sees Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau declare the War Measures Act. The Canadian Army patrols Montreal streets. Sophie learns she's pregnant and phones Michel. However, Michel is immersed in politics, while Sophie rejects the amorous advances of her co-star (Eric Bernier), becomes friendly with a blind translator, and passes an evening with frivolous Canadian embassy official Walter (Richard Frechette) and his wife Patricia (Marie Gignac). Meanwhile, in Montreal, Michael plots terrorist activities. Commenting on East-West cultural distinctions, the film intercuts between Quebec (in black and white) and Japan (in color).
