The year is 2012: a group of young Romanian men sneak into de Kunsthal in Rotterdam to steal seven world-famous paintings. They succeed in only a matter of minutes. The paintings are worth millions, however, in the hands of the inexperienced young art thieves, they prove to be worthless. The friends are clueless and don’t know what their next steps should be. The aftermath of the heist intertwines with the stories of the paintings, the value of art, and the precarious fate of stolen artworks. What is the true value of stolen art?
From acclaimed filmmaker, Jorien Van Nes, this is a gripping documentary guided by renowned art sleuth, Arthur Brand, about one of the most talked about art thefts of the century: the bizarre, improbable and comic heist of several priceless paintings from the Kunsthal museum in Rotterdam, carried about by four young Romanian boys in a matter of minutes.
