Tulip Fever

Holland. 17 century. One of the most wealthy citizens takes to marry a poor orphan of the monastic Hospice beauty Sofia. The young girl had dreamed to marry for love, and the prospect of becoming the wife of a wealthy old man is not happy with her. However, mother Prioress persuaded the girl to accept the offer. After the wedding, Sofia moved to her husband's luxurious mansion in the center of the city. Aging businessman very proud of myself, he wants that would be about the beauty of his wife learned everything. Cornelius orders the portrait of the wife of the young and the poor, but, undoubtedly, a very talented artist. About the paintings of Jan van Lusa in legends. Young people spend a lot of time together between them breaks out passion.
An artist falls for a married young woman while he's commissioned to paint her portrait. The two invest in the risky tulip market in hopes to build a future together.