Nightwatching (18)
- Consumer Advice: Contains very strong language, strong sex, sex references and nudity
- Run time: 2 hours 21 mins
- Genre: Drama
- Release date: 26th March 2010
- Starring: Martin Freeman, Emily Holmes, Eva Birthistle
- Directed by: Peter Greenaway
- Distributor: Axiom Films
Plot Synopsis
The year 1642 marks a dramatic turning point in the life of famous Dutch painter, Rembrandt, a sudden fall from grace as a wealthy respected celebrity, into a broken and discredited pauper.
When Rembrandt reluctantly agrees to paint the Amsterdam Musketeer Militia in a group portrait that will later become to be known as 'The Night Watch', he soon discovers that there is a foul conspiracy afoot amongst the Amsterdam merchants playing at soldiers, an insidious plot surrounding a thirst for power and wealth, undertaken with the bloodiest of means.
Determined to expose the conspirators and their dastardly plot, Rembrandt builds his accusation meticulously in the form of the commissioned painting.
Unveiling to the world, what will become his most celebrated work; Rembrandt has also unleashed exacting revenge from the conspirators in question, sealing his fate in history and imminent downfall.