Charming, intelligent and iconoclastic, Ben Lee is an Australian singer-songwriter whose creative growth since his early adolescence has undergone almost relentless media scrutiny. This is a playful yet deeply intimate portrait of Lee, exploring his meteoric rise to pop stardom and the issues of celebrity and spirituality that arise when launched into the spotlight. Ex-girlfriend Claire Danes and long-time friends Jason Schwartzman, Michelle Williams, Mike D, Zooey Deschanel and Winona Ryder give insight to Lee’s almost impenetrable public persona, as well as to his private hopes and insecurities. A highly authored portrait of a charming, confounding, artist, BEN LEE: CATCH MY DISEASE is acerbic, playful and intimate – the fairytale story of an Australian pop star who stepped through the looking glass
of fame.
"(...) a potpourri of often dazzling visual styles" (Variety)
