Intercut with dramatised extracts this documentary relives the meteoric highs and devastating lows of the singer and actress's career in show business. It lifts the lid on the critical events and key players in her life - from abandonment by a drug-addict father and her time in an orphanage as a baby, to her mother's frustrated acting career with a revolving door of husbands. Cher's relationship with Sonny Bono is also explored - a longed-for father figure whose controlling ways almost broke her.