Tonight on Sky Arte the film "The Girl with the Pearl Earring" starring Scarlett Johansson and Colin Firth

Airing tonight on Sky Arte at 10:30 p.m. is The Girl with the Pearl Earring, an imaginative reconstruction of the genesis of the masterpiece by Jan Vermeer (Delft, 1632 - 1675). The film, from 2003, is directed by Peter Webber and stars a barely 19-year-old Scarlett Johansson; in fact, Webber’s film is the one that established her internationally. In the film, Scarlett Johansson plays Griet, who in film fiction is a girl who is a maid for the painter Jan Vermeer, played by Colin Firth.

The story, set in the Netherlands, in Delft (the artist’s hometown), tells of the relationship that develops between the great painter and the girl, a relationship that results in the very famous portrait: this is actually a completely made-up story because we do not know whether the girl with the pearl earring depicts a real-life young woman or is actually a tronie, that is, an idealized portrait ( we have discussed the girl’s identity in a detailed article). The painting was executed around 1665, is kept at the Mauritshuis in The Hague, and has been the subject of recent investigations.

The film, based on the novel of the same name by U.S. writer Tracy Chevalier, received three Oscar nominations (for best set design, best cinematography, and best costumes) and won several minor awards, including the Bronze Frog at the 2003 Camerimage for cinematography by Eduardo Serra, who won the same award at the San Sebastián International Film Festival and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards. Finally, the film won two awards at the 2003 Dinard British Film Festival (the Audience Award and the Golden Hitchcock).

Tonight on Sky Arte the film "The Girl with the Pearl Earring" starring Scarlett Johansson and Colin Firth

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