Itwasafatefulcoincidencethatin2014justwhentheAllardPiersonMuseuminAmsterdamwasstaginganexhibitionofCrimeanartworksRussiaannexedtheregion.Sonowthequestionarisesofwhoshouldtheartworksbereturnedto?TothemuseumsinCrimeawhohadbeensokindastoloanthemout?OrtoUkraineperhapsthecountryCrimeabelongedtobeforetheannexation?Whatshouldthemuseum’sdirectorWimHupperetzdo?VeterandocumentaryfilmmakerOekeHoogendijk(TheNewRijksmuseum)isjustthewomanforthejobwhenitcomestoturningthiscomplexissueintoanexcitingfilmandfindingthehumandimensioninatangledjudicialtug-of-war.Politicalemotionalpersonalculturalandhistoricalinterestsalljostleforpositionaslawyersarguingfromapurelyjudicialperspectivepresenttheircaseanddistressedmuseumdirectorsfacebiggapsintheircollections.WhilearchaeologistsinCrimeacontinuetheirgroundbreakinghistoricalworkitlooksliketheirpreviousfindsaregoingtobere-buriedintheNetherlands—shutofffromtheworldinawarehousetheyareperhapsthebiggestlosersinthisconflict.