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Ivo van Hove stands before an empty theatre, repeating a single line in different languages. The Belgian director, whose productions reshaped Broadway, allows the camera into spaces usually off-limits — rehearsal rooms, backstage, moments of creative despair. The 2025 documentary follows van Hove as he juggles three productions simultaneously, revealing the birth of his minimalist yet emotionally potent worlds. We witness not only his famed interpretations of classics but the personal toll of such immersion. It's a portrait of an artist for whom theatre is not entertainment but a necessity, an almost obsessive drive. The film explores the thin line between genius and madness, between the stage and life itself.