In 1993, artist Anselm Kiefer left Germany for La Ribaute, a derelict silk factory in the South of France. In 2000 he began constructing a series of elaborate installations there. Like a strange, sprawling village, La Ribaute is composed of old industrial buildings and working studios that link to a network of underground tunnels dug out by Kiefer. This film tells the story of his artistic process.