A documentary made at the set up of a theater production of Samuel Becketts Waiting for Godot directed by Jan Jönson played by prisoners at San Quentin State Prison in CaliforniaThe play is about two men who meet on a lonely country road waiting for someone called Godot to confirm their lives and make life easier for them to live Towards the end Godot announces that he will not come tonight but maybe tomorrow Producer and director John Reilly and a crew spent four weeks at the maximumsecurity facility rehearsal and performance sequences are intercut with footage of daily prison life and discussions with the principal characters