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An unusual and opulent portrait of the great painter, sketcher and etcher is Stelling's third film and continues a fascination with Dutch culture, using the imagery of early Dutch masters. From an early age he had always wanted to make a film about Rembrandt. He chose his twilight years, when Holland's greatest painter made his last self-portrait, attempting to capture the painter's past by means of his paintings and drawings. The film is like a search for the light, a lesson in looking. Using almost exclusively amateurs who worked for nearly two years in front of Jos Stelling's camera in old robes, it is amazing what is achieved - the 17th century and Rembrandt's paintings are brought to life. To accentuate his personal involvement, Stelling chose his brother Frans to play the young Rembrandt.

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