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Girl with a Pearl Earring

Movie · 2003 · 95 min

A quiet, visually rich slow-burn that immerses you in unspoken longing and class tension, demanding patience but rewarding with painterly beauty.

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2003 film directed by Peter Webber
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Year
2003
Runtime
95 min
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • class
  • obsession
  • identity
  • power
  • art
Places
  • single country house
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour1
Realism8
Romance4
Tension6
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

Details

Genres
drama, biographical, romance, historical
Directed by
Peter Webber
Written by
Olivia Hetreed
Starring
Scarlett Johansson, Cillian Murphy, Colin Firth, Tom Wilkinson, Anna Popplewell, Essie Davis, Judy Parfitt, Joanna Scanlan
Music
Alexandre Desplat
Cinematography
Eduardo Serra
Runtime
95 min
Country
Luxembourg, United Kingdom
Languages
English

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