World, meet Bono.

In , a new doc directed by Andrew Dominik (best-known for two excellent films about Nick Cave), the U2 singer born Paul Hewson bares his soul in front of an intimate audience, in a lively stage show based around his memoir. The candour is punctuated with stripped back versions of his band's mega-hits. He’s backed by a handful of young, mostly classical musicians; his U2 bandmates, as well as his parents and his wife, are all represented simply by chairs. The whole thing is captured in stunning, cinematic black and white.

Here are eight things we’ve learned about a man usually seen leaping about a giant, effects-heavy stadium stage in front of thousands.

1. His dad was dismissive of his son’s talents

The film leans heavily with humour (and pathos) into the difficult re

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