Stars: Cara Delevingne, Alicia Vikander, Dane DeHaan
Storyline
In 17th Century Amsterdam, an orphaned girl Sophia (Alicia Vikander) is forcibly married to a rich and powerful merchant Cornelis Sandvoort (Christoph Waltz) - an unhappy "arrangement" that saves her from poverty. After her husband commissions a portrait, she begins a passionate affair with the painter Jan Van Loos (Dane DeHaan), a struggling young artist. Seeking to escape the merchant's ever-reaching grasp, the lovers risk everything and enter the frenzied tulip bulb market, with the hope that the right bulb will make a fortune and buy their freedom.
Writers: Deborah Moggach, Tom Stoppard, Cara Delevingne, Alicia Vikander, Dane DeHaan, Cara Delevingne, Alicia Vikander, Dane DeHaan, Holliday Grainger, Christoph Waltz, Zach Galifianakis, Jack O'Connell, Judi Dench, Kevin McKidd, Tom Hollander, Matthew Morrison, David Harewood, Joanna Scanlan, Miltos Yerolemou, Douglas Hodge, , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Cast: Cara Delevingne -
Annetje
Alicia Vikander -
Sophia
Dane DeHaan -
Jan Van Loos
Holliday Grainger -
Maria
Christoph Waltz -
Cornelis Sandvoort
Zach Galifianakis -
Gerrit
Jack O'Connell -
William
Judi Dench -
The Abbess of St. Ursula
Kevin McKidd -
Johan De Bye
Tom Hollander -
Dr. Sorgh
Matthew Morrison -
Mattheus
David Harewood -
Prater
Joanna Scanlan -
Mrs. Overvalt
Miltos Yerolemou -
Douglas Hodge -
Johan De Bye
Filming Locations: Norwich Cathedral, Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK
Box Office Details
Budget: $25,000,000
(estimated)
Technical Specs
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Trivia:
In 2004, director John Madden was lining up the movie with Keira Knightley and Jude Law to star, with a script by Tom Stoppard. Once tax incentives for production in UK disappeared, the project was cancelled. Some sets had already been constructed and 12,000 tulips had to be dead-headed. Soon after that, director Peter Chelsom tried to get it made, and he didn't fare any better. Then in 2011, Tom Hooper considered it among a handful of other projects as his followup to The King's Speech (2010) before deciding on Les Misérables (2012). In July 2013, Justin Chadwick was announced as the director. See more »
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Rating: 4/10
Here is only one review of the 2014-version. Based on that review, it
is fair to say that some of the plot holes have obviously been stuffed,
while others are still wide open (or have been opened). I don't know if
the holes have been faithfully adapted from the book or if they were
specifically designed for the film.
In the 16th century there was a big economic bubble based on tulip
onions. This is the background for a romance between a painter and a
married woman. They make out a plan to get rich fast, so that they can
run away to the East Indies. So far, so good. The point is now that the
two strings never really are woven properly together. The development
of the plot is, at best, sketchy. Character development, if any, is
rather rhapsodical. The lovers (Vikander and DeHaan) are not really
likable. The script gives them zero personality and they compensate by
overacting. The only person carrying a bit of sympathy is the cheated
husband (Waltz). On the other hand the makers strive to give us
impressions of street life then, raw, loud and rather vulgar it is in
their view. The final twist of the plot is surprising, but not
convincing.
There are further things that were rather annoying in this film: The
use of a narrator. It seemed that the makers didn't trust the force of
their pictures and thought they had to spell it out for more distracted
viewers. Shaky camera and fast clipping. I think it is a misconception
to edit a costume drama to fit the taste of the MTV generation. (Make
it more like The Girl with a Pearl Earring!)
One reason for historical fiction is to make us understand the burst of
the recent economic bubble on the basis of a historical example. The
makers of this film didn't really succeed in doing that. The persons in
this film are far away and two-dimensional like drawings on a wall.
Unless you write a review about them, you have already forgotten them
tomorrow.
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