Two friends, frustrated traveling salesmen of novelty items named Sam and Jonathan, drag around three crummy products in their sample case. There is also King Charles XII, who stops in at a bar on his way to the battlefield. Thus begins a very odd journey through the funny and tragic existence of mankind.

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Third and final installment in A Pigeon Sat On A Branch Reflecting on Existence (a kooky title that is an ad campaign all in itself) confirms the director is a master. However, it is hard to always remain captivated by this abstruse fable, which is capable of frying your brain with images of a tortured monkey and slavery, even as it puts you to sleep with extremely slow scenes. It is therefore a double-edge sword of an experience.