This illuminating documentary about the charismatic two-time Oscar® winner (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Amadeus) Miloš Forman (1932–2018) shows how he overcame the oppressive systems — from Nazism and Communism to Hollywood — that shaped his life and cinema of resistance. His experience with totalitarian regimes endowed him with the theme of an individual in conflict with institutions, a subject he continued to successfully develop in his American films. Orphaned at an early age after his parents were accused of working for the resistance during the German Occupation and sent to death camps, Forman fell in love with cinema, particularly Italian Neorealism, an influence reflected in his early films Black Peter (1964), Loves of a Blonde (1965) and The Firemen’s Ball (1967). With access to a treasure trove of archival materials and interviews, filmmakers Jakub Hejna and Helena Trestíková pay tribute to an artist constantly in the throes of creative and political struggle.