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The Best Offer
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2013 film directed by Giuseppe Tornatore
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The Best Offer is a 2013 drama, crime, romance and psychological thriller film written and directed by Giuseppe Tornatore. Geoffrey Rush and Jim Sturgess star, with a score by Ennio Morricone and costumes designed by Maurizio Millenotti. Filming took place in Rome, Milan, Prague and the Czech Republic, and the story is set partly in Prague and at the Praha hlavní nádraží station.
Produced in Italy by Warner Bros. Entertainment, on a budget of 13,500,000, the film earned 19,255,873. It won the David di Donatello Award for Best Film, the David di Donatello Award for Best Director and the European Film Award for Best Composer, and it was nominated for four further European Film Awards at the 26th ceremony, including Best Director, Best Screenwriter, Best Film and the People's Choice Award.
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Film · TMDB
7.8Virgil Oldman is a world renowned antiques expert and auctioneer. An eccentric genius, he leads a solitary life, going to extreme lengths to keep his distance from the messiness of human relationships. When appointed by the beautiful but emotionally damaged Claire to oversee the valuation and sale of her family’s priceless art collection, Virgil allows himself to form an attachment to her – and soon he is engulfed by a passion which will rock his bland existence to the core.
Cast
- Geoffrey Rush as Virgil Oldman
- Jim Sturgess as Robert
- Sylvia Hoeks as Claire Ibbetson
- Donald Sutherland as Billy Whistler
- Maximilian Dirr as Virgil's Assistant
- Philip Jackson as Fred
Themes
- painting
- auctioneer
- confidence game
- fine art
- honey pot
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Ratings
IMDb
7.8/10
135,030 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
56%
Metacritic
49/100
- Year
- 2013
- Runtime
- 131 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 25 wins & 26 nominations total
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Key facts
- Italian
- La migliore offerta
- Directed by
- Giuseppe Tornatore
- Written by
- Giuseppe Tornatore
- Produced by
- Isabella Cocuzza, Arturo Paglia
- Starring
- Geoffrey Rush Jim Sturgess Sylvia Hoeks Donald Sutherland
- Cinematography
- Fabio Zamarion
- Edited by
- Massimo Quaglia
- Music by
- Ennio Morricone
- Production companies
- Paco Cinematografica, Warner Bros. Entertainment Italia
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Release dates
- 1 January 2013 ( 2013-01-01 ) (Italy) 1 January 2014 ( 2014-01-01 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 131 minutes
- Country
- Italy
- Language
- English
- Budget
- €13.5 million, ($18 million)
- Box office
- $20.9 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Participant in
- 26th European Film Awards
- Country of origin
- Italy
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Giuseppe Tornatore
- Screenwriter
- Giuseppe Tornatore
- Cast member
- Amanda Walker
- Composer
- Ennio Morricone
- Production company
- Warner Bros. Entertainment
- Narrative location
- Praha hlavní nádraží
- Filming location
- Vienna
- Duration
- 124
- FilmAffinity ID
- 978376
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- lamiglioreoffertailfilm.it
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- publication date
- 2013-07-11
- title
- La migliore offerta
- costume designer
- Maurizio Millenotti
- capital cost
- 13500000
- distributed by
- Warner Bros. Entertainment
- nominated for
- David di Donatello for Best Director
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- different from
- Warsaw Vodka Factory "Koneser"
- review score
- 3.8/5
Sources (15)
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Encyclopedic overview
The Best Offer (Italian: La migliore offerta – entitled Deception in the UK) is a 2013 English-language Italian psychological thriller film written and directed by Giuseppe Tornatore. The film stars Geoffrey Rush as Virgil Oldman, a meticulous and reclusive art auctioneer who becomes entangled in a mysterious romantic relationship with an agoraphobic heiress, Claire Ibbetson (Sylvia Hoeks). Jim Sturgess and Donald Sutherland appear in supporting roles. The music score was composed by Ennio Morricone.
The film premiered in Italy on 1 January 2013 and received a limited release in the United States a year later. It won six David di Donatello Awards, including Best Film and Best Director, and Morricone received the European Film Award for Best Composer. Critical reception was mixed.
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