He is the most performed contemporary composer in the world. & yet he rarely ventures out in public, prefers to keep quiet about his music, feels at home in the forests of Estonia & generates therewith – perhaps involuntarily – the impression of a recluse, which is attributed to him again & again: Arvo Pärt. In The Lost Paradise, we follow him over a period of one year in his native Estonia, to Japan & the Vatican. The documentary is framed by the stage production of Adam’s Passion, a music theater piece based on the Biblical story of the fall of Adam featuring three key works by Arvo Pärt. The world-renowned director Robert Wilson has brought this work to the stage in a former submarine factory in Tallinn. Tracing their creative process, the film offers rare & personal insights into the worlds of two of the most fascinating personalities in the international arts & music scene.