Marcel Marceau inspired generations as a mime. Influenced by the Holocaust, he joined the French resistance and smuggled Jewish children into Switzerland. He taught them to express themselves wordlessly in dangerous situations with gestures and facial expressions. This is how he found his unique art form, which he perfected on the world's theatre stages after the war.
The director sensitively shows how Marcel Marceau's family, his companions and today's artists continue to develop his legacy. Inspired by his deaf father, the Swiss director draws a poetic portrait of an exceptional artist whose language was silence.