Nightwatching
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The year 1642 marks the turning point in the life of the famous Dutch painter, Rembrandt, turning him from a wealthy respected celebrity into a discredited pauper. At the insistence of his pregnant wife Saskia, Rembrandt has reluctantly agreed to paint the Amsterdam Musketeer Militia in a group portrait that will later become to be known as The Nightwatch. He soon discovers that there is a conspiracy afoot with the Amsterdam merchants playing at soldiers maneuvering for finan... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Nightwatching:

Martin Freeman
Emily Holmes
Eva Birthistle
Jodhi May
Toby Jones
Jonathan Holmes

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The year 1642 marks the turning point in the life of the famous Dutch painter, Rembrandt, turning him from a wealthy respected celebrity into a discredited pauper. At the insistence of his pregnant wife Saskia, Rembrandt has reluctantly agreed to paint the Amsterdam Musketeer Militia in a group portrait that will later become to be known as The Nightwatch. He soon discovers that there is a conspiracy afoot with the Amsterdam merchants playing at soldiers maneuvering for financial advantage and personal power in, that time, the richest city in the Western World. Rembrandt stumbles on a foul murder. Confident in the birth of a longed-for son and heir, Rembrandt is determined to expose the conspiring murderers and builds his accusation meticulously in the form of the commissioned painting, uncovering the seamy and hypocritical side to Dutch Society in the Golden Age. Rembrandt's great good fortune turns. Saskia dies. Rembrandt reveals the accusation of murder in the painting and the conspirators plan revenge. They set out to discredit him at home and abroad. They plant a treacherous mistress, Geertje, to seduce him. They try to blind him. They plan his social and financial ruin, and to create the circumstances for his slide into penury, insult his young mistress Hendrickje, conspire to destroy his son, and bring Rembrandt to his knees. The bold and courageous painting of the Nightwatch, exceptional in aesthetics and content, is Rembrandt's most celebrated painting, it consolidated his reputation as a master-painter but it also destroyed him socially and financially.

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Ozus' World Movie Reviews - 9/10 by Dennis SchwartzLike all Greenaway films, it's not for all tastes.
Empire Magazine - 8/10 by Adam SmithSpeculative but gorgeously presented account of Rembrandt's creation of his masterpiece with Martin Freeman on cracking form.
Little White Lies - 8/10 by Matt BochenskiNightwatching is a noble experiment in bringing the inner life of Rembrandt's work sharply into focus, but the effect is one of stupefying dullness.
Time Out - 8/10 by Trevor JohnstonIt's not just Greenaway's best film in years, but one of his best films, period.
Planet Sick-Boy - 8/10 by Jon PopickLike making a biopic about Michelangelo and casting Benny Hill in the lead role.
Shadows on the Wall - 7/10 by Rich ClineAs visually fascinating as anything Greenaway has done, this film's narrative is so convoluted that it's virtually impossible to follow
Financial Times - 6/10 by Nigel AndrewsThere is a vertiginous sense that Freeman could, after all, have been a contender, if not in the Laughton weight class.
Guardian - 6/10 by Peter BradshawOften, Greenaway's handling of actors is his weakest point: but he gets fiercely intelligent performances here from Martin Freeman and Eva Birthistle as the artist and his wife Saskia.
Film4 - 6/10 by Quentin ClarkeIf you're aware of Peter Greenaway's work you'll know to expect luscious visuals, plenteous sex and nudity, and a certain degree of impenetrability
Seanax.com - 5/10 by Sean Axmaker... the entire film is designed to look like a Rembrandt canvas, right down to the careful composition of the players within the frame.

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