Girl with a Pearl Earring [2003 film]

"'Girl With a Pearl Earring' is a quiet movie, shaken from time to time by ripples of emotional turbulence far beneath the surface. It is about things not said, opportunities not taken, potentials not realized, lips unkissed."

"Do not believe those who think this movie is about the "mystery" of the model, or Vermeer's sources of inspiration, or medieval gender roles, or whether the mother-in-law was the man in the family. A movie about those things would have been a bad movie. "Girl With a Pearl Earring" is about how they share a professional understanding that neither one has in any way with anyone else alive. I look at the painting and I realize that Griet is telling Vermeer, without using any words, "Well, if it were my painting, I'd show more have her stand like this."
Roger Ebert rogerebert.com 12.26.03 show less

The New Yorker
A slow, attentive movie about a painter and his model demands the kind of patience that moviegoers, especially in this hectic season, may feel reluctant to supply. But Peter Webber's reworking of Tracy Chevalier's novel is worth staying with: it casts a heavy spell as it unfolds the tale of Griet (Scarlett Johansson), a maid newly arrived in the house of Johannes Vermeer (Colin Firth). The year is 1665, and the period reconstruction, for those who are aroused by such things, is-apart from a few modern lines of dialogue-formidably detailed. The danger with such beautifying efforts is that cinema will turn into a branch of taxidermy, and what keeps Webber's movie alive is the tenseness of the setup (will this girl stay in show more the artist's household, and, if so, will she become his lover or his muse?), and, above all, the presence of Johansson. She is often wordless and close to plain onscreen, but wait for the ardor with which she can summon a closeup and bloom under its gaze; this is her film, not Vermeer's, all the way.-A.L. (12/15/03) -Anthony Lane show less

From Amazon.com:
You wouldn't think a movie could look like a Vermeer painting, but Girl with a Pearl Earring is filmed with an amazing range of luminous glows that evoke the Dutch artist's masterworks. Of course, it helps that much of the movie centers on Scarlett Johansson (Lost in Translation, Ghost World), whose creamy skin and full lips have a luminosity of their own. Johansson plays Griet, a maid in the household of Johannes Vermeer (Colin Firth, Bridget Jones' Diary, Fever Pitch), who finds herself in a web of jealousy, artistic inspiration, and social machinations. Though the pace is slow, Girl with a Pearl Earring genuinely conveys some sense of an artist's process, as well as offering many chaste yet sensual moments between show more Firth and Johansson. Also featuring Essie Davis as Vermeer's bitter wife and Tom Wilkinson (In the Bedroom) as a wealthy patron with eyes for Griet. --Bret Fetzer show less

1939

Um dos quadros mais amados de sempre é um mistério. Pouco se sabe sobre a sua real inspiração. Isto porque a vida do seu criador, o holandês Johannes Vermeer, é envolta num grande mistério. Quem é a modelo e porque foi pintada? O se olhar, e enigmático sorriso será inocente ou sedutor? E porque usa ela um brinco de pérola?

Holanda, 1665. Depois de o pai ficar cego devido a uma explosão, a jovem Griet vê-se obrigada a trabalhar para sustentar a família. Com apenas 17 anos, torna-se criada na casa de Johannes Vermeer, um pintor cuja atenção se começa a voltar para a jovem Griet. Apesar das diferenças dos dois mundos, Vermeer leva-a para o mundo da arte, e ela torna-se sua musa...

Uma bela e comovente história, baseada no show more Bestseller de Tracy Chevalier. Para escrever este romance, a escritora inspirou-se num dos quadros mais famosos do pintor Johannes Vermeer, "Girl with a Pearl Earring".

Girl with a Pearl Earring
Realizador(es)
Peter Webber
Actor(es)
Scarlett Johansson
Colin Firth
Compositor
Alexandre Desplat
Editor
Prisvideo
Áudio
Inglês Dolby Digital 5.1
Duração
88 Minutos
Extras
■ Trailer
■ Comentários de Peter Webber, Andy Paterson, Tracy Chevalier e Olivia Hetreed
■ Conferência de Imprensa de Eduardo Serra
■ Anatomia de Uma Cena
■ A Arte de Filmar
■ Cenas Cortadas
■ Entrevistas
■ TV Spots
Formato Vídeo
Widescreen 2.35:1 anamórfico
Legendas
Português
Número de Discos
1
Formato
DVD
Ano
2003
EAN
5602193318020 show less