Federico Fellini welcomes us into his world of filmmaking with a mockumentary about his life as a film team from Japan follows him. Fellini takes the spectator behind the scenes at Cinecittà while being interviewed by a Japanese TV team for news broadcast on his current picture. A nighttime set is constructed for what Fellini refers to as “the prisoner’s fantasy,” in which his hands grope for a way out of a dark tunnel. With his age and weight increasing, Fellini finds it difficult to flee, yet when he does, he views Cinecittà from a tremendous height.