Fini Straubinger has been deaf and blind since her teens. After years spent limited to the confines of her bed, she embarks on a quest to find ways to communicate with fellow dwellers in the “land of silence and darkness,” a land we learn is actually filled with color and constant noise. Fini interacts with members of the deaf-blind community through a sign language made up of an elaborate series of taps and strokes on each other’s palms, and she attempts to draw those who were born deaf and blind out of their isolation. On field trips to gardens and petting zoos, on an airplane ride and in the shower, director Werner Herzog explores the loneliness, frustration, and ultimate sense of wonder that Fini and other disabled individuals have, raising questions about communication, knowledge, and existence in a sensory world.