'The only reason I don´t shoot myself is that I am truly unique.' And unique she was. In days when people still expected nice sixteen-year-old girls to live at home and look for a job to keep them occupied until a husband came along, Nico (who still answered to the name of Christa Päffgen) had already said good-bye to working life in a lingerie shop. Strolling along the Berlin boulevard Ku´damm, she was recruited as a model by Herbert Tobias and embarked on a journey through an extraordinary life involving the key fashionable cities, a number of famous artists any occupation that promised stardom. 'Nico – Icon' documents the life of Christa Päffgen, alias Nico, by tracing the stations in her career. From Oestergaard mannequin to Andy Warhol´s monn goddess. The Velvet Underground period synonymous with the twisting vocals from the beautiful and silent woman who so fascinated Lou Reed, Jackson Browne, Jim Morrison, Iggy Pop and many others. The days as the embodiment of Phillip Garrel´s subculture and, finally, the metamorphosis from sixties´ idol to heroin-scarred icon of the eighties. A collage of interview, photos, film footage and clips, 'Nico – Icon' is a vivid portrait of a life marked by the conflict arising from possessing, but also disdaining, beauty, from a simultaneous thirst for, and negation of, life. A portrait of Nico who, by refusing to compromise, ultimately achieved her own goal of becoming an enduring cult figure.