The Healing Effects of Self-Praise

One day, Nicolas Gobert appears at the door - an alleged journalist from an obscure French regional newspaper. He has travelled all the way from France to speak with an arrogant author about his latest novel, "Denied Love" - a book composed of intimate love letters addressed to a mysterious woman with the initials H. M. What begins as an ordinary interview gradually transforms into a psychological duel between two men with completely different views on life, relationships, sexuality, and the very essence of love. Yet they are bound by an unspoken secret - one knows it, the other has no idea about the skeleton in the closet.

Znorko shows no respect for his guest and behaves chaotically, almost confusedly. But the visitor from France pursues his goal like a bulldog, and with each new question it becomes clearer that he did not come for journalistic work. Facts surface that gradually dismantle the carefully constructed identity of both men into fragmented pieces of half-truths, self-deceptions, and assumptions.

What is the writer hiding? And what does the mysterious journalist know? As the mysteries unfold, the game of truth becomes crueller. The two men exchange blows like boxers in an imaginary ring, until they reach shocking revelations that lead them to the very threshold of life - to thoughts about being or non-being and to information they must live with from that moment on.