Contemporary philosopher Roger Scruton presents a fascinating argument for the importance of beauty in our art and in our lives, and explores what truly is and is not beautiful, regardless of its beholder.

Imagine a mix of Repo Man, Oliver! and Pinocchio and you’re on the road to grasping the tone of this bizarre Estonian take on Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy’s character Buratino, a wooden boy (or boyus woodenus, as the doctors in the film refer to him). Buratino’s virginal mother wishes upon a star for a son and is immediately answered by what can only be called a rape-splinter. The woman gives birth almost immediately to her little wooden Buratino.

The poet and writer Lawrence Ferlinghetti is an iconic presence in the world of arts and letters. For well over half a century he has helped shape the currents of poetry and literature through his forceful engagement with society. Armed with an ideological position that often found him at odds with the political dogma of his day, Ferlinghetti became the best selling poet of the modern era, a literary mercenary and a rebel at the forefront of a cultural revolution.

Pepe travels to America with Santo (The Patron Saint of Immigrants) in search of his grandmother’s dying wish…”The Mexican Dream.” Pepe hops across the border from Mexico to the United States.