A “poignant portrait” of the songwriter Townes van Zandt (1944-1997), according to the industry magazine Variety. Troubadour and tramp, genius and psychotic, poetic flights of fancy and alcohol-fuelled crashes – the American singer and songwriter devoted his life uncompromisingly to poetry and music. The sensitive artist wrote songs and lyrics that are still part of the standard repertoire of famous world stars such as Emmylou Harris and Willie Nelson. Combining atmospheric milieu images with previously unseen archive footage and interviews (with van Zandt, his wives and children, as well as notable musician colleagues such as Kris Kristofferson), Texas filmmaker Margaret Brown sketches out the life and career of the ingenious artist, as well as a complex psychological portrait of van Zandt.