Facing a terminal illness, filmmaker Héctor Babenco invites his partner Bárbara Paz to document his final years. As cameras accompany him through hospitals, rehearsals, memories, and conversations, Babenco reflects on love, fear, desire, and a life shaped by cinema.

Can life get more delightfully unpredictable than that of Héctor Babenco—the Oscar®-nominated director who was once a tomb salesman and photographer of steakhouses? After recently showing his masterful Pixote, we delve into the man himself with this loving portrait made by his former spouse.