On their vast estates, the landowning families of the Plains have preserved a rich and distinctive culture.
Twenty years later, he begins to tell his haunting story of life on the plains..
In a private library he begins to take notes for a film, and chooses the daughter of his patron for a leading role.
A young film-maker arrives on the plains, hoping to make his own contribution to the elaboration of this history.
Obsessed with their own habitat and history, they hire artisans, writers and historians to record in minute detail every aspect of their lives, and the nature of their land.
On their vast estates, the landowning families of the Plains have preserved a rich and distinctive culture