This captivating film documents a new frontier in Western medicine: hypnosis as anesthesia. The director Bruno Tracq focuses on the Belgian doctors Christine Watremez and Fabienne Roelants, who harness the power of imagination to take surgery patients beyond the operating room and away from the pain they would otherwise feel. Standing over their subjects, massaging their temples and speaking softly to them, the doctors calm their fears and guide them to a state of tranquility.