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After Rembrandt reluctantly agrees to paint the Amsterdam Musketeer Militia in a group portrait, he discovers a murder plot involving the militia and places clues to the crime within his painting, leading to his and his family's ruin.
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Against his better judgment, famed painter Rembrandt van Rijn (Freeman) succumbs to his wife Saskia's (Birthistle) demands and agrees to paint a portrait of the Amsterdam Musketeer Militia, a wealthy group of obnoxious merchants who pretend to be soldiers. Director Peter Greenaway examines how Rembrandt's decision to depict these merchants in an unflattering light proved to be a major turning point in the master painter's career.
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