Through innovative CGI technology and inspired by Pieter Bruegel's 1564 painting The Procession to Calvary, the film recreates the panoramic landscape of the time of Christ.
Inside the aesthetic universe of the painting, crowded with hundreds of villagers and red-caped horsemen, Pieter Bruegel wanders around 16th century Flanders collecting images and sketches for his painting, in the process observing the daily life of his neighbours and passersby. The film stars Charlotte Rampling, Rutger Hauer and Michael York.