Nightwatching (2007)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Peter Greenaway

Writer:

Peter Greenaway (writer)

Release Date:

2 November 2007 (Poland)

Genre:

Biography | Drama | History | Mystery

Plot:

An extravagant, exotic and moving look at Rembrandt's romantic and professional life, and the controversy he created by the identification of a murderer in the painting THE NIGHT WATCH

Plot Keywords:

Rembrandt | Dutch | Painter | Night Watch | Group

Awards:

6 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

Martin Freeman	...	Rembrandt van Rijn
Emily Holmes	...	Hendrickje
Eva Birthistle	...	Saskia
Jodhi May	...	Geertje
Toby Jones	...	Gerard Dou
Jonathan Holmes	...	Ferdinand Bol
Michael Teigen	...	Carel Fabritius
Kevin McNulty	...	Engelen
Agata Buzek	...	Titia Uylenburgh
Natalie Press	...	Marieke
Fiona O'Shaughnessy	...	Marita
Reimer van Beek	...	Titus - newborn
Robert Zalecki	...	Titus - 4 months old
Kacper Kasiecki	...	Titus - toddler
Anna Antonowicz	...	Catharina

Also Known As:

La ronde de nuit (France)
Nocna straz (Poland)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexual content, graphic nudity and language.

Runtime:

134 min | Canada:141 min (Toronto International Film Festival)

Country:

Netherlands | Canada | UK | France | Poland

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Canada:18A (Ontario) | Japan:R-15 | Czech Republic:15 | USA:Not Rated | USA:R (certificate #45509)

Filming Locations:

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Company:

ContentFilm International

Lots of four letter words, naked women (and men), and very little NIGHT WATCH

In my old Balkan country, we used to have a wise saying warning against bothering with a huge sack to collect fruit from a famous fruit tree. This applies almost perfectly to the last Peter Greenway's Anglo-Polish-Dutch super production, around the creation of NIGHT WATCH, one of the most famous paintings in the world. Assassination attempts were performed against this masterpiece, resulting in its sheltering behind a thick glass in the Rijk Museum, and the same shelter may be used against this strange assembly of four-letter words, (predominant in modern movies), naked bodies sometimes sculptural, sometimes dull, and a certain research in the lighting; after almost 150 minutes of sometimes boring, sometimes nonsensical dialogues, the viewer hits home with the impression that his money was stolen. Only two movie theaters adventured to expose this failure (in my eyes, but the audience was heavy and very receptive), at my 4 pm show, in the exclusive artistic district of Saint-Germain des Près.A real waste of talent and efforts. I am not ready to view another Peter Greenway movie.Harry Carasso, Paris, France