The story of the rise and fall of the immensely popular Dutch singer and actor Ramses Shaffy in the late fifties till the end of the seventies. Ramses Shaffy had an incredible urge to live and did this in a grand and compelling way. Ramses shows three sides of the fascinating life of Shaffy: the way his rock and roll lifestyle inspired many people; how destructive it was for some of them; and his heartbreaking loneliness.