"Tabula rasa and vita nova," exclaims artist Jean-Yves Machond (Benoît Poelvoorde). "A clean slate and a new life." Leaving Brussels and his job as a professor to settle in Normandy, Machond searches for inspiration, convinced he still has something to say with his art.

Complete with sliding houses and curious hedgehogs, Machond's new life proves anything but ordinary. THE ART OF NOTHING follows his quest for inspiration and, ultimately, happiness.

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