This documentary by Guido Ferrari retraces the footsteps of Fosco Maraini by conjuring up the memories of this great traveler, anthropologist, writer and photographer with the support of his own original photographs. From his villa in Florence, Maraini recalls his trips to Tibet in the company of Giuseppe Tucci, the famous Orientalist, his encounters with the local population, with the Princess Pemà, the lama, and with the Ainu, a primitive people of Japan. He moves on to describe the great alpine expeditions he once took part in, and his contact with the mysterious Kafira people in Pakistan and their shaman rituals. In conclusion, Maraini states that his whole life he has wished to penetrate the mystery of the other.