Walt Disney died 50 years ago. But to this day, millions of children grow up with the films he produced. The legendary director is still seen as the embodiment of the American Dream. A student writing his bachelor thesis remembers his childhood fascination with the USA. He lost his mother at an early age and always identified with Disney's orphan characters. But by now, a different kind of film has caught his attention: amateur films, “home movies.” He seeks the “real” America in these images. The film is an amazing essayistic “stream of consciousness.”

In 1960, a young writer and a future film director trace Franz Kafka’s footsteps – in a village where he often visited his sister and wrote “The Castle.” They look for inspiration for a screenplay, but don’t have any success. Later, one of the two friends becomes a famous director in the USA and the other becomes a head of state. In 2019, another film team makes a journey to the same village.