When he receives a cryptic call from his filmmaker friend to come to Lisbon to help with a project, a sound engineer sets off for the Portuguese capital. Upon arrival, the confused sound man finds only an unfinished film and the splendors of the city... In this commentary on the contemporary state of filmmaking, the German iconoclast Wim Wenders reunites with long-time collaborator RĂ¼diger Vogler, reprising the role of Philip Winter (following Alice in the Cities and Until the End of the World).