The life affirming story of both the man and the filmmaker. With touching sincerity and unprecedented access, Polanski dialogues with his friend and producer Andrew Braunsberg about his childhood growing up in the Warsaw ghetto, his career in both Europe and America culminating with the Academy Award for The Pianist, the tragedy of his first wife Sharon Tate, the controversy surrounding his arrest in 1977 and his life in France to this day with Emmanuelle Seigner. Featuring many excerpts from his distinguished filmography.