A guardian angel has 24 hours to convince a soul that life on Earth is worth the effort.

Four young grade-school girls witness the murder of one of their classmates during what they thought was just an innocent game. The killer is a strange young boy named Milo Jeeder. Sixteen years later, the four survivors of the event re-unite under happier circumstances in the same town where it happened. They believe that Milo drowned in a river shortly after the murder, but soon learn that the demonic killer Milo has also returned, still a young boy, unchanged even after almost two decades.

Why did Milos Forman have to make certain films the way he did? Where does his inner strength come from? What is the story of his life?