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- 100 Minutes
- Lionsgate
- Language English
- Country Luxembourg, UK
- Rated: PG-13
- Format: Widescreen
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- Directed by Peter Webber
- Written by Olivia Hetreed
- Starring Alakina Mann, Cillian Murphy, Colin Firth, Essie Davis, Joanna Scanlan, Judy Parfitt, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Wilkinson
Synopsis:
Delft, Holland, 1665. Seventeen-year old Griet (Johansson) must work to support her family and becomes a maid in the house of Johannes Vermeer (Firth), where she gradually attracts the master painter's attention. Johannes and Griet must hide their inspiration of each other from his volatile wife Catharina (Davis). The wealthy and troublemaking Master van Ruijven (Wilkinson) senses the intimacy between the artist and his maid and contrives a commission for Vermeer to paint Griet alone. The result will be one of the greatest paintings ever created, but at what cost?
Won: Audience Award, Golden Hitchcock, 2003 Dinard British Film Festival; Best Cinematographer, 2004 European Film Awards
Nominated: Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, 2004 Academy Awards; Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama (Johansson), Best Original Score - Motion Picture, 2004 Golden Globes
Review:
"GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING is spectacularly beautiful, filled with painterly compositions." -- Eric Harrison, HOUSTON CHRONICLE
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