Remy is a French oil painting tradesman.
He lives a normal life with his wife Lucile
and two children. One day while playing with
the kids, Remy sinks into the chair. He quickly
gets up but the strange occurrence remains on
his mind for a long time. Starting that day,
he experiences similar occurrences frequently; he
sinks deep into the couch and even on his own bed
before quickly holding himself up.
Because there is no plausible explanation,
he assumes it is all in his head and ignores
it. One afternoon, Remy is in his studio with
the kids. He forgets to close the tap which
results in the entire studio being flooded.
The simple mistake costs him his entire fortune
and ruins his career. While trying to retrieve
the remaining good paintings, he again sinks into
the floor. This time, he is unable to pull himself
up and ends up in a lake somewhere in another
world. Apparently, this world has 3 suns.
Soon, a group of tribesmen notice his presence and
run towards him. A terrified Remy walks backward
and is pulled back into the water. In the
following second, he is back in his world
being dragged out of the studio by a friend.
Remy knows what he saw wasn’t just a dream.
Later at home, he tells Lucile about
his experience but she dismisses it in
an instant. Instead, she has another thought
occupying her head. Lucile has fallen in love
with her boss Dr. Gellar and wants to move
in with him. She feels sorry for Remy but
has chosen her happiness over their marriage.
Losing his wife after losing his career is the
worst thing that could have happened to Remy.
Still, he tries to be understanding and talks
to her about their relationship. To his surprise,
Lucile has even brought Dr. Gellar to meet him.
Remy simply allows them to do whatever they
please and promises to move out in a few days.
Following that, he goes to his family looking for
reassurance. They listen to him but change their
attention toward his cousin soon after. A defeated
Remy goes to the kitchen to spend some time alone
when he faces another series of strange
occurrences. The family cat freezes midair in
a jump. Remy holds it and spins it around but the
cat seems to have turned into a stuffed toy.
He even calls his family to the kitchen before
realizing that the world around him has stopped.
The floor becomes loose, sinking Remy in once
again. He screams for help but before it arrives,
he is pulled into the alternate world.
When he opens his eyes again, he is in the
middle of a forest with the coffee mug still
in his hands. He walks down a path and sees
a group of tribesmen slaughtering an animal.
As he tries asking them for help, he realizes
that they plan to feed him to their leader.
Remy makes a run for it while being followed
by the tribe. In some time, he enters
a civilization and hides inside a cave.
All of a sudden, he is pulled back into his family
house and the force makes the kitchen a mess.
His family hears the noise and finds the entire
kitchen in shambles when they come up to check.
Remy tries explaining what happened but they do
not believe him for obvious reasons. The shock
of everything makes Remy fall unconscious
and he opens his eyes at the doctors.
The visit is not very fruitful because even the
doctor doesn’t believe him. The following day,
Remy goes to his studio where his landlord,
insurance agent, and clients have gathered to
talk to him about different payments.
Suddenly, they stop talking and moving
abruptly. Before Remy knows it, he is sinking
down the floor yet again. He tries to stop
himself but it doesn’t work and he ends up
in the alternate world for the third time.
He comes out of a basket on top of a tree as
the tribesmen look at him in appreciation.
His appearance seems to be something
everyone was looking forward to
as the crowd erupts into cheers as soon as they
see him. They expect him to fly down from the
tree but Remy falls to his face instead.
The language barrier between him and the
people causes confusion at first but then,
he is forcefully made to eat a green berry
which magically makes them understand each other.
The leader of the tribe finally reveals the secret
behind Remy’s appearance to their world.
It turns out that they have been troubled by
a flesh-eating giant named Zoten for a long
time. He kills and eats anyone he pleases,
making the people live in fear every day. The
mages of the tribe found a solution written in
ancient books that said only a man from another
world can save them from the giant beast. Hence,
for the past week, they have been performing
rituals to invite the said hero to their world.
The reason the strange things were happening to
Remy is because he is the savior of the tribe.
A shocked Remy claims to be nothing of such
sort and refuses to help them but they hold
him upside down from the edge of a tower
to change his mind. He is then taken to an
isolated room where he is supposed to think
of a plan to kill the beast. Hungry after
an eventful day, Remy holds a watermelon and
is suddenly teleported back to his world.
This time, he doesn’t bother
telling people about his experience,
knowing that no one would believe him. Instead,
he goes to a library to investigate the situation
further. The internet shows no answer to his
problems so he instead resorts to drinking a lot
of protein to gain muscles and fight Zoten.
In the following scene, he is back in the
alternate world with renewed confidence. This
is Remy’s only chance to prove his worth and he
doesn’t want to lose it. The tribe gives him
a special sword before asking him for advice
on how to get rid of Zoten.
Remy tells them to move to a new village,
promising to protect them on the journey. The
villages are scared, bound by a superstition
that says anyone who crosses the border will be
struck by lightning. Remy proves them wrong by
crossing the border first and encouraging
them to do the same. This makes the tribe
believe that he is definitely their savior.
After walking for a few hours in search of a new
place, they come across two of Zoten’s men.
The duo warns Remy to return to the village
but he fights them using his just-learned
but surprisingly good fencing skills.
He manages to kill one of the soldiers while the
other flees to his leader. When everything calms
down, the people start clearing up the dead
body. When asked where they are taking it,
Remy finds out they plan to cook and eat
it. Disturbed by the strange tradition,
he orders them to stop it immediately and since
the tribe doesn’t want to anger their savior,
they decide to do as told.
A while later, a group of people
reveals that Zoten is planning an attack on
the tribe and a war is about to take place.
When Remy is back in the real world, he
starts reading books on war tactics and
history. He does research about battle
formations, governance, and many more
things to prepare. After finding out that the
most important factor is a motivated troop,
Remy gives a speech to the tribe
the next time he meets them.
With little encouragement, the people are ready
to fight for themselves and their families.
One day, Remy decides to stay with the tribe and
spends the night surrounded by women. They are all
ready to do anything to please him but Remy is
not interested. Their advances make him realize
that he is still deeply in love with Lucile
and wouldn’t want to be with anyone else.
Sometime later, Remy returns to his home in
the original world. After tending to his son,
he returns to the tribe only to find
himself in the middle of a battlefield.
The tribesmen are losing miserably, so he
asks them to retreat to higher ground.
They do as told, preventing any more loss of
lives. Then, Remy decides to put his strategy
into action and goes to a sleeping rival troop.
He starts insulting and slapping them at random,
urging them to chase him. Things work out
exactly as he had imagined and the rival
troop is exposed on an empty battlefield.
This is when Remy motions his army to
attack and hides inside a tree trunk himself.
One-third of the enemies are killed with arrows
and the rest are weakened because of the surprise
attack. In a few minutes, they retreat in fear,
giving the tribe a taste of victory. They bow
down to Remy, who is now their absolute hero.
Following the war, the tribe is led to a new
fertile land which they declare as their new home.
Remy becomes the emperor and uses the knowledge
of his world to make the village a better place.
Soon, they make one progress after another and
establish themselves as a modern civilization.
Remy is respected as a god and is given many
concubines to live with. During his stay in this
world, he even paints a mona-lisa-styled
portrait of his favorite mistress.
Six months pass in a similar fashion and
being the emperor changes Remy as a person.
Earlier, he used to be intimidated by Lucile’s
boyfriend Gellar but with the recent change in
his behavior, Gellar is threatened by Remy’s
presence. When they get into a fight because
of their differences, Remy is quick to shut him
out. It gives him a sense of satisfaction that
the man he once lost to is scared of him.
As time passes, Remy’s achievements turn
him into an arrogant man. He treated his
people like servants, letting the success
get to his head. The people of the village
quietly follow his orders for a few months
but start to revolt as time passes.
When Remy gets a hint of this,
he goes to talk to his subjects about the problem.
They claim that they are overworked and paid less
just for the sake of his amusement. The
village doesn’t need more fancy palaces,
instead, the emperor must make efforts to make
people’s lives better. Remy tries negotiating
with the rebels but it doesn’t work.
Having had enough, they capture him and kick
him out of the village altogether. Upon returning
to the real world, Remy goes to a friend asking
for help to reopen his studio. He is evidently
more humble than when he was an emperor.
His life gets back on track as he develops
a romantic relationship with a client named
Delphine. They start to date but just when
she leans in to kiss him for the first time,
Remy is pulled back into the alternate world.
The tribe has called him again,
asking him to kill Zoten to fulfill the prophecy.
Although Remy doesn’t want to get involved,
he is let into a cave with the beast.
A brief fight later, he is about to be
killed but just then, he throws a sphere in a
random direction and manages to kill Zoten.
When the tribe sees the creature dying, it
erupts into cheers, getting ready for the
final part of the ritual. It turns out that
they have to kill and eat Remy in order for
the prophecy to be fulfilled. He runs into the
woods to save his life but an old mage destroys
an artifact behind him. Without the structure,
Remy won’t be able to return to his world.
He is soon found and is about to be killed
when his concubine retrieves the burning
artifact and throws it into the river. As a
result, he is teleported back to his family
at a hospital. Lucile and Delphine meet each
other while waiting for him. Upon finding out
that their divorce hasn’t been finalized yet,
Delphine decides to stay away from Remy.
In the following scene, Lucile realizes that she
is still in love with Remy and Gellar was a huge
mistake. She tells him that she has kicked the
guy out of her house and is willing to give their
relationship a second chance. In response, Remy
asks her to always be happy and walks away.
Back in another world, the people build
Remy’s statue to honor him as their savior.
A few months later, Lucile and Remy
are on a beach with their children,
enjoying their life as a family. The
final scene shows Remy watching the TV
and finding out that his painting of the Mona Lisa
has been found at an archaeological site. However,
historians think it was made by a ten-year-old
Da Vinci because the portrait is mediocre.
