在一个“奥威尔式”(Orwellian)的受严格统治而失去人性的社会,国家的上层建筑为了监视人民控制思想,将眼线散布在生活、工作场所,甚至网络上。克里斯托弗·瓦尔兹饰演一名性格古怪的计算机天才Qohen Leth,然而生活本来按部就班的他注意力却渐渐为一系列“虚拟性骚扰”所分散,并且“领导人”叛逆的儿子也让他头疼不已。为了搞清楚这些问题,智慧超群的他开始实施一个神秘的计划……A hugely talented but socially isolated computer operator is tasked by Management to prove the Zero Theorem: that the universe ends as nothing, rendering life meaningless. But meaning is what he already craves.