We are more in love with desire than the desired.

Based on the bestselling, award-winning novel by Irvin Yalom, When Nietzsche Wept tells the story of obsession, love and fate that formed the basis of modern psychoanalysis. Friedrich Nietzsche, Sigmund Freud, Dr. Josef Breuer and Anna O cross paths when Nietzsche is a sick, poor and unknown philosopher and Freud is a 26 year old medical intern. They are brought together by a heart-breaking love triangle and the beautiful Lou Salome, who defied the morals of the age in which she loved. The sensual yet unattainable Lou convinces Dr. Breuer to experiment on Nietzsche's mind with his controversial "talking cure." In attempting to cure the troubled philosopher, Breuer himself becomes the patient. The two enter a world where reality and dreams are one. Breuer is forced to deal with his sexual obsession with Anna O while Nietzsche must forget the love of his life. The story follows the dramatic lives of two of the most important and enigmatic men who would change the course of Europe's intellectual history and the intriguing women who inspired and ruined them. Nietzsche and Breuer plumb the depths of their own romantic obsession and discover the redemptive power of friendship and love.