Although some might still regard the work of photographer Diane Arbus as shocking, there’s no denying she is one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. She had a visionary’s perception of life that saw her drawn towards the unusual, which, through her stark black-and-white images, allowed her to open people’s eyes to see beauty in things that are commonly regarded as being ugly. She committed suicide in 1971.

This unusual movie, inspired by Patricia Bosworth’s book Diane Arbus: A Biography, explores an imaginary relationship between Arbus (Nicole Kidman), a constrained wife, mother and photographic assistant, and her mysterious upstairs neighbour Leon (Robert Downey Jr), an ex-sideshow freak.