Alessandro Rossellini explores his complex family and the complicated legacy of his legendary grandfather, director Roberto Rossellini, the 'father of Neorealism.' The son of Roberto's oldest living child, Renzo, and the African American dancer Katherine Cohen, Alessandro had a shaky career as a photographer and a long history of drug addiction. As the first grandson of a genius, he doesn't feel he is living up to his surname. So, he decides to shoot his first feature film at 55, forcing his family to an impossible therapy session in front of the camera.