Seidl is a film classic, a provocateur, a voyeur, a pessimist, a misanthrope, a social pornographer, and, in the end, perhaps the greatest humanist in modern cinema, in this film he destroys the last taboos of our civilization. This is a film about faith, about its mystery, its magic, about selflessness and selfishness. Seidl installed a camera behind the altar and we can find out what the devout believers are praying for.

People and dogs. People whose communication is limited to animals. Through the history of the relationship between the owners and their pets, Ulrich Seidl's documentary shows the loneliness and disunity of people in a big city.