A mystery without a solution, Rebecca Dreyfus' documentary revolves around one of the most infamous art heists in American history: the theft on St. Patrick's Day 1990 of 13 masterworks from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, including Johannes Vermeer's
The Concert, by two men masquerading as police officers. Depite a generous reward for the paintings' return — $5 million at last count — not one of the works has resurfaced. Widely acknowledged as America's first great art collector, Gardner (1840-1924) amassed an enormous trove of European masterworks via her dealer, Bernard Berenson, who, in one of the film's many ironies, wasn't above using less-than...
Released:
2006
Rated:
NR
Length:
84 mins