The Impressionists

Looking back on his life in 1920, Claude Monet recalls the story of the Impressionists ñ a movement that shook the foundation of the art world. With his fellow painters, Auguste Renoir and Frederic Bazille, they begin a forty year struggle against the Salon, the annual state art exhibition. From meeting his hero Edouard Manet to the death of his wife and his lifelong struggles for success, Monet along with his friends and rivals ultimately find the success that they only dreamed was possible. (jakelijan virallinen teksti)