Girl With a Pearl Earring(2003)

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Synopsis

A speculative account of the life of Griet, a 16-year-old girl who appears in Johannes Vermeer's painting of the same title. Set in 17th century Holland, Griet is employed by Vermeer as a housemaid to care for his six children, his jealous pregnant wife and his uncommunicative mother-in-law. Tensions arise when Vermeer's wife suspects intimacy between her husband and the girl--and then climax, when the wife discovers that Griet borrowed her precious pearl earrings to sit for the now famous portrait.
A speculative account of the life of Griet, a 16-year-old girl who appears in Johannes Vermeer's painting of the same title. Set in 17th century Holland, Griet is employed by Vermeer as a housemaid to care for his …
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In Theaters

  • December 12, 2003

MPAA Rating

PG 13 (for some sexual content)

Genres

Adaptation, Period, Drama

Run Time

1 hour 39 minutes

Distributors

Lionsgate

Box Office

$11,634,362

Production Status

Released

Filming Locations

  • Luxembourg
  • Netherlands

Produced In

Luxembourg

Director

Peter Webber

Director