Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec is renowned for paintings and posters inspired by the edgy spectacle of Montmartre in late nineteenth-century Paris. He found his subjects in the neighborhood's dance halls, cabarets, circuses, and brothels, where middle-class visitors came for a thrill. Using works by the artist and his colleagues, rare archival footage and sound recordings, period photographs, and interviews with contemporary scholars, this film traces the relationship between the aristocratic painter and Montmartre's avant-garde culture.