The film follows the contemporary artist Gerhard Richter.
It focuses on his creative process as he develops and completes a new piece.
[1] The film was released in Germany on 8 September 2011.
[1] Racher Salz of The New York Times said the film shows rather than tells and called Richter "an excellent subject, serious and purposeful but also unexpectedly good-natured".
[2] Alissa Simon of Variety called the film "a gorgeously rendered work of art".