Project Detail

Girl With A Pearl Earring

Synopsis

Set in 17th century Holland, Girl With A Pearl Earring tells the imagined and highly suspenseful story behind one of Vermeer's greatest and most enigmatic paintings. Griet, a tilemaker's daughter, is forced by tragedy to become a maid for the master painter.

Fascinated by his craft, she soon shows an aptitude for helping in his studio, where she finds herself drawn to the man and his world of colour and light. As she becomes part of his work, their growing intimacy spreads disruption and jealousy within his ordered household and beyond, fuelling a scandal which threatens to ruin them all.

Details

Year
2003
Type of film
Features
Running time
tbc
Format
35mm
Director
Peter Webber 1st Feature
Producer
Jimmy De Brabant
Executive Producer
Jimmy De Brabant
Screenwriter
Olivia Hetreed based on the novel by Tracy Chevalier
Director of Photography
Eduardo Serra
Principal cast
Colin Firth, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Wilkinson

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Production Status

Production Company

Archer Street Ltd

Studio 5, 10-11 Archer Street
London W1D 7AZ
UK

T + 44 (0)20 7439 0540

Sales Company

Pathé International

Kent House
14 – 17 Market Place
London W1W 8AR
UK

T+ 44 (0)20 7462 4427

International.sales@pathe-uk.com

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