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The Handmaiden
Why this pick
Its exquisitely designed period world, shifting trust, and intimate game of appearances echo The Best Offer’s pleasure in elegant surfaces concealing emotional and moral uncertainty.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
The film tells a story of love and deceit, set in Europe (Trieste, Bolzano, Fidenza, Rome, Milan, Merano, Vienna, Prague) in the world of ultra high-end art auctions and antiques. The story revolves around Virgil Oldman (Geoffrey Rush), an aging, wealthy, and esteemed, but somewhat standoffish and eccentric, managing director of a preeminent auction house. Oldman is hired by a mysterious young heiress, Claire Ibbetson (Sylvia Hoeks), to auction off the large collection of art and antiques left to her by her parents. Claire always refuses to be seen in person, suffering from severe agoraphobia and never leaving her room. Soon enough Virgil, a lifelong bachelor who is able to relate to her reclusiveness, understands that he has fallen in love with her.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Geoffrey Rush
Virgil Oldman
Jim Sturgess
Robert
Sylvia Hoeks
Claire
Donald Sutherland
Billy
Hannah Britland
Terri
Kiruna Stamell
Girl in the Bar
John Benfield
Barman
Philip Jackson
Fred