Roman Polanski spends his childhood dodging the Nazis in Poland during WWII and in the process he loses his mother to the gas chambers while his father languishes in concentration camps. After the war, he channels his childhood pain into visual masterpieces on film and becomes one of the most sought-after movie directors of the 1960’s. In 1967, he meets and falls in love with actress Sharon Tate and they embark on a life together. But in a dark twist of fate, Sharon and three family friends of hers and Roman’s fall victim to Charles Manson and his cadre of demon hippie children in crimes that are possibly the most notorious killings in American history. How does Polanski cope with these unspeakable murders in the family? The answers will have you on the edge of your seat.