NELUMBO

A troubled young photographer travels to an unexplored jungle to discover a rare medicinal plant. However, on his way he finds himself lost. The photographer encounters a neanderthal man who would later save his life from a tiger. Both of them resume their journey together. On the way the photographer finds the plant he was searching for but before even taking the photograph, the neanderthal man grabs the plant from its root and crushes it. They both confront in which the neanderthal man dominates. The neanderthal man leads the photographer to a site where cave paintings are found. The photographer finds himself extremely happy and the neanderthal man subsequently explains the laws of nature to him. They resume their journey together and consequently come to a place where human presence is detected. The photographer accidentally steps on a bomb planted to catch animals. He wakes up to find himself cured by the neanderthal man using the plant he grabbed the previous day. After achieving ecstasy understanding nature, the photographer returns home. However, he owns the only source of evidence of the neanderthal man's existence which may endanger the whole environmental balance.