Yönetmen : Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones Oyuncular : Terry Gilliam, John Cleese, Jane Leeves, Matt Frewer, Eric Idle Senaryo : Terry Gilliam, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Graham Chapman Yapımcı : John Goldstone

6 kişiden oluşan Python ekibinin bu sürreal macerası, 1983'te Cannes'da Jüri Büyük Ödülü kazanmıştı. Oyuncu kadrosunda ünlü yönetmen Terry Gilliam da var. Python ekibi, hayatın anlamını çözmek için doğumdan başlayarak, birbirinden ilginç deneyler ve gözlemlerin eşliğinde yaşamın evrelerini araştırmaya başlar. Why are we here, what's it all about? The Monty Python-team is trying to sort out the most important question on Earth: what is the meaning of life? They do so by exploring the various stages of life, starting with birth. A doctor seems more interested in his equipment than in delivering the baby or caring for the mother, a Roman Catholic couple have quite a lot of children because ‘every sperm is sacred'. In the growing and learning part of life, catholic schoolboys attend a rather strange church service and ditto sex education lesson. Onto war, where an officer's plan to attack is thwarted by his underlings wanting to celebrate his birthday and an officer's leg is bitten off by presumably an African tiger. At middle age a couple orders ‘philosophy' at a restaurant, after which the film continues with live organ transplants. The autumn years are played in a restaurant, which, after being treated to the song ‘Isn't It Awfully Nice to Have a Penis?' by an entertainer, sees the arrival.