The tulip. They came from far away in the East and were so rare and beautiful that people...
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[first lines] Maria:
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Before you were born, Amsterdam was captivated by a flower: the tulip. They came from far away in the East and were so rare and beautiful that people lost their senses in wanting to own them. Rich and poor were spending and borrowing money to join the trade in bulbs, which were going up in price all the time. None more so than the rare striped tulips that were called breakers. A new breaker came from nowhere like an act of God, and it changed people's lives. A white flower with a God-given crimson stripe turned our lives upside down, mine and my mistress Sophia's
[narration]
Before you were born, Amsterdam was captivated by a flower: the tulip. They came from far away in the East and were so rare and beautiful that people lost their senses in wanting to own them. Rich and poor were spending and borrowing money to join the trade in bulbs, which were going up in price all the time. None more so than the rare striped tulips that were called breakers. A new breaker came from nowhere like an act of God, and it changed people's lives. A white flower with a God-given crimson stripe turned our lives upside down, mine and my mistress Sophia's
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MARIA Before you were born
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Amsterdam was captivated by a flower
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The tulip
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They came from far away in the East
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and were so rare and beautiful
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for people lost their senses in wanting to own them
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Rich and poor were spending and borrowing money
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to join the trade in bulbs
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which were going up in price all the time
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None more so than the rare striped tulips
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that were called breakers
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Movie Summary
An artist falls for a young married woman while he's commissioned to paint her portrait during the Tulip mania of seventeenth century Amsterdam.
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Maria
