Genius – that’s what twelve-year-old Lars von Trier called himself. And over the next few decades he convinced the whole world of this. He was bullied at school, he did not enter any educational institution the first time. He left his first wife when his youngest child was three weeks old, for an after-school teacher who worked at his eldest daughter’s school. Random passers-by on the street spat at his feet. His whole life was subject to a severe mental disorder that progresses every year. To live an ordinary life, he daily has to struggle with many phobias. Here is a unique illustrated biography of Lars von Trier, a world-famous director who has been haunted for many years by his personal muses and demons, high-profile scandals and dizzying success.