Nils is a young boy who is going through a difficult period in school, in his relationships with others, in his adaptation to society.

Overnight, he decides to take refuge in his room and not to come out ...

What happened to him?

Why has he locked up in his room quickly?

"Hikikomori" characterizes a type of withdrawal either specific to certain adolescents in taking social difficulties making the choice to limit their links with the exterior to the only satisfaction of their vital needs.

It is from this phenomenon that the director Joris Mathieu created a fable of anticipation, built around an original sound device which develops for the same show, a plurality of narrative entrance door.

Through headphones, each spectators benefits from a radically different reading of history.

Contemporary philosophical tale, fable told through the filter of the parent-child relationship or anticipation story: three levels of reality is echoed in the same scenic narration.

This fascinating narrative adventure reminds us that there are as many ways to understand the existence as of being in the world.