Growing up in his studio, surrounded by the smells of gin and turpentine, ever shifting canvases and a string of young girlfriends, the works contain mixed messages of obsession, secrets, freedom and selfishness. After a lifetime of suppression, the time has come to confront the secret of sexual abuse. The filmmaker embarks on a journey to uncover the rest of the picture: the tortured artist, nude women, cigarettes, ashtrays, beer cans, gin bottles, various pets, raucous house guests, and herself.
The project soon expands to involve collaborations with additional artists, revelations about other women still affected by their relationship with her father, the destruction of a devastating mythology and healing through collaborative creative expression.
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“Trauma fundamentally means a disconnection from self. Why do we get disconnected?
Because it is too painful to be ourselves.”
- Dr. Gabor Maté
Because it is too painful to be ourselves.”
- Dr. Gabor Maté