Herleik: Free as a Bird

Since the early seventies Herleik has had an impressive production of graphic arts and major institutions of art have bought his works. Herleik has lived and worked most of his life in an institution for the mentally challenged, where he for the last ten years has been reduced to a mass producer of ceramics. This warm, human portrait questions the way the institution where Herleik works, benefits on Herleik's artistic skills and reputation as an artist. (Norsk Filminstitutt)