An island half way between earth and sky, a film maker half way between reality and fiction. In 1928, french film pioneer Jean Epstein quits the Paris film studios and sets out to discover Brittany… What were his motives? 60 years later, Marie Epstein tells the story of her brother’s philosophical journey; on the shores of the island of Ouessant, the old-timers remember the coming of the film maker; and the young of today talk of their enduring attachment to their forbidding land. « Looking at Ouessant » unveils the soul of the island with the heart of rock, still shrouded in mystery…