the plot represent a director and a screenwriter lose the screenplay they have be work on due to hard disk corruption and start work on another project call epidemic . the film follow their misadventure but in the meantime a real epidemic be start to develop around them and but go by unnoticed . oh and also fragment of the film in a film epidemic be show in between . oh and lars von trier ( the director ) and niels vorsel ( the screenwriter ) be the protagonist playing and ahem and the director and the screenwriter . lovely . and if by read this the first thought that come to your mind be black comedy and then go to the top of the class cause youre absolutely right . the best thing about this film be how it ridicule film making and yet somehow be a good example of artistic pompousness . but then again we know that von trier be a cynical little bugger . udo kier cameo recall ww2 be brilliant . be warn though and definitely an acquire taste .