Film dedicated to Rembrandt arrives in theaters: only June 6, 7 and 8

As part of La Grande Arte al Cinema, from June 6-8, 2022, the film My Rembrandt, dedicated to the celebrated seventeenth-century Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn (Leiden, 1606 - Amsterdam, 1669) who still fascinates and seduces audiences today, will be shown in Italian cinemas.

The film by Dutch director Oeke Hoogendijk is set in the world of the Old Masters and presents a mosaic of compelling stories in which an unbridled passion for Rembrandt’s paintings leads to dramatic developments and unexpected twists and turns.

While art collectors such as Eijk and Rose-Marie De Mol van Otterloo, American Thomas Kaplan and Scottish Duke of Buccleuch show the special bond they have with their Rembrandts, banker Eric de Rothschild puts two Rembrandts up for sale, triggering a bitter political battle between the Rijksmuseum and the Louvre. The film also followsaristocratic Dutch art dealer Jan Six on the trail of two Rembrandt paintings-a long journey of discovery that seems to be the realization of his greatest childhood dream; when he is accused of violating an agreement with another art dealer, his world collapses.

Following all these events, My Rembrandt shows what makes the Dutch painter’s work so special. After the success of the award-winning documentary The New, Rijksmuseum (2014) director Oeke Hoogendijk again tackles a great subject to tell viewers a story for art lovers.

“There is something curious about Rembrandt; it is as if his work has such an extraordinary veracity, emotionality and empathy that anyone who looks at one of his paintings goes in search of himself,” the director said. “This is what made Rembrandt so special even for the citizens of 17th-century Amsterdam who were lining up to have their portraits done by him: Rembrandt looked beneath the surface and showed who the people he drew really were. He did not flatter his patrons, although he had an eye for the vanity and sophistication of the social milieu he painted. And he mercilessly applied this method to himself as well. His self-portraits, especially his late ones, are incredibly honest explorations of the psychological toll we pay in the course of our lives. In his later portraits, Rembrandt seems resigned. His way of painting makes it clear that life is not perfect and that everyone has his or her flaws, and that is what makes us human. This is how, from the 17th century, Rembrandt holds up a mirror to us contemporaries, a mirror that teases and tickles.” "My goal was to create a Shakespearean drama, showing the main characters with every possible human element (...). I owe a lot to the confidence and candor of my protagonists, who, as different as their worlds may be, share one crucial detail that has them all on edge: Rembrandt fever. It is not Rembrandt himself, but their passion for him that plays the main role. The question that remains after watching the film is not ’What do we do with Rembrandt’s legacy today?’ but rather, ’What does Rembrandt’s legacy have to do with us?’"

My Rembrandt is a Nexo Digital event in collaboration with Piece of Magic.

Film dedicated to Rembrandt arrives in theaters: only June 6, 7 and 8

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