Due to war, John, a middle-aged man, finds himself on a remote island, isolated from ordinary life and devoid of any familiar daily comforts or connection to the outside world. He is immediately confronted with the harshness of this new place, where he is not welcome. Unable to speak the language and unaware of the nuances of another culture, he feels-and appears to everyone around him-like an alien, a rabbit in an astronaut suit.