Manic chronicles filmmaker Kalina Bertin's journey to understand the devastating impacts of mental illness on her family. Convinced that her father holds a key piece of the puzzle, she sets out to find the truth about him.

Struggling to make sense of the mental illness wreaking havoc on her siblings lives, filmmaker Kalina Bertin sets out to find the truth about their father, a man known alternately as a cult leader, a scam artist, a prophet, and a father of 15 children around the world.

Manic chronicles filmmaker Kalina Bertin's struggle to make sense of the legacy of mental illness wreaking havoc over her siblings's lives. Convinced that her father holds a key piece of the puzzle, she sets out to find the truth about him, and discovers a man known alternately as a cult leader, a scam artist, a prophet, and a father of fifteen. Manic invites the viewer on a compelling and intimate journey through time and through the mind, where past and present collide.