This lively, colourful film, by award-winning documentary-maker Shirley Horrocks, is an in-depth portrait of the remarkable artist Tom Kreisler. Born in Argentina to a Jewish family that had left Europe to escape the Nazis, Kreisler lived most of his adult life in New Plymouth, New Zealand. Though the art market ignored him, he had a great influence on young artists. In this film, many leading painters testify to his strking originality. He hated art that was earnest and pretentious, and his paitings have a rich, subversive humour. Kreisler made several trips to Mexico where he loved the folk art of the 'Day of the Dead', and the film visits Mexico to explore that interest.