Bono tells the story of his life and takes us inside his ambition, his passion, his celebrity, his charity, and his family demons (he's got one of those fathers you wrestle with for your entire life,

Premiering at Cannes before its May 30 streaming bow, the film chronicles the U2 frontman's stage show inspired by his memoir.

U2's Bono is seen as a successor to a very small fraternity of world-conquering rock stars – the likes of Springsteen, Jagger and Bowie. He's less recognized as a successor to a literary tradition: the Irish pantheon of Joyce,