Synopsis

Young and talented Han van Meegeren is a rebel in the early 1920's Amsterdam art-scene. Because he paints in the style of his idols Rembrandt and Vermeer, critics find his work old-fashioned and they call him a copycat. Just to prove a point, he produces a fake Vermeer and tries to pass it off as a real one. It works. Instead of revealing the truth and thereby embarrassing the art world, he continues to make money off of his many forgeries. Soon he is caught in a web of lies and deceit, and his life spins out of control. Then one day, high ranking Nazi Hermann Göring knocks on his door, looking for a Vermeer for his private collection...

Jan 19, 2019 at 03:58 PM

Original title: Een echte Vermeer

Released: Nov 3, 2016

Budget: $4.7M

Studios: Rinkel Film, Fu Works, Cadenza Films, Living Stone, Tarantula

Countries: Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands