Josef Batten, born in 1930s Poland and orphaned at birth, becomes one of the world’s most celebrated war photographers, yet lives as a ghost behind the camera, emotionally cut off from the world he documents.

After a breakdown in the late 1980s, he vanishes. When he re‑emerges, it’s with a new focus: as a portraitist capturing the intimate beauty of human connection.

At the heart of his transformation is Adam Laidlaw, a young man who sees Josef not as a legend, but as a human being.

The Many Truths of Josef Batten is a story about love, trauma, memory, and art, and the redemptive power of friendship. It asks what it means to truly see and be seen, and whether healing is possible after decades of detachment.

Sometimes the greatest act of love is simply to listen.