Greenaway's first feature film is a documentary in which ninety-two persons are interviewed. They are all victims of a mysterious occurrence known as The Violent Unknown Event, or V.U.E. It has caused immortality and disability. A guidebook, published every ten years by the V.U.E. Board of Inquiry, illustrates the stories of the ninety-two persons involved in the catastrophe, whose surnames begin with the letters FALL-. Through this guidebook, we get to know the disastrous effects that the V.U.E. has caused. All these effects are connected with birds, the flight and water.