Amsterdambased actor Bilal Wahib 1999 is a rising star who worked his way up from poverty and special education to Shooting Star at the Berlinale Everyone embraces this golden boy The night before receiving the Edison Award he starts a livestream Due to an illchosen joke the internet explodes and heroism is swapped for banishment Based on indepth interviews with Bilal and the people around him archive footage and rehearsal scenes we gain insight in Bilals life then and now