Bruno Caruso's controversial art is preoccupied with death, madness and politics. During the 1970s he found himself at the forefront of the Communist artistic and intellectual movement. As the political promises flickered and died, it left him a jaded intellect in an ideological vacuum. Today at his studio in the heart of Rome the reclusive icon is forced to pawn off his life's work. This is a documentary about the man Bruno Caruso, from political agitator to reclusive misanthrope.