The film captures the original and amazing dialogue of an unpredictable couple - philosopher and octopus. The philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy sits in his study. The octopus swims in the aquarium fixed to the deck of a boat riding the sea waves. The director is constantly trying to push together waltzing thoughts of the philosopher and silent moves of octopus's limbs. Why? In order to find common codes of these foreign bodies. The question that interests everyone: what is Outlandish?..