In this film, a group of elderly gentlemen, some women and two or three intimidated young people discuss endlessly about the endless possibilities of meaning of Finnegans Wake, a book they have been reading for 30 years, each “lap” of the book taking them 11 years. It is difficult to read Finnegans Wake, it is even more difficult to understand it, so much so that when you quote Finnegans Wake you are dismissed as pretentious or pedantic. And yet, perhaps understanding is not the right word to use when describing what the experience of reading Finnegans Wake, and Lacan, is like.