The Best Offer (2013)
"La migliore offerta" (original title)

A story centered on an eccentric art auctioneer and his obsession with an heiress/collector.

Director:

Giuseppe Tornatore

Writer:

Giuseppe Tornatore

Stars:

Jim Sturgess, Geoffrey Rush, Donald Sutherland

4 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Jim Sturgess	...	Robert
Geoffrey Rush	...	Virgil Oldman
Donald Sutherland	...	Billy Whistler
Liya Kebede	...	Sarah
Sylvia Hoeks	...	Claire
Kiruna Stamell
Sean Buchanan	...	Virgil's Assistant
Philip Jackson	...	Fred
Dermot Crowley	...	Lambert
Sylvia De Fanti	...	Armani Store Manager
Katie McGovern	...	Art Expert
Lynn Swanson	...	Woman One
Miles Richardson	...	Steirereck Maitre
Maximilian Dirr	...	Virgil's Assistant
Gerry Shanahan	...	Art Dealer

Storyline

A story centered on an eccentric art auctioneer and his obsession with an heiress/collector.

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Plot Keywords:

art | auctioneer | trieste italy | furniture | art lover | 

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [it]

Country:

Italy

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 January 2013 (Italy)

Also Known As:

The Best Offer

Filming Locations:

Milan, Lombardia, Italy

Box Office

Budget:

€13,500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paco Cinematografica, Warner Bros., Business Location Sudtirol Alto Adige

Technical Specs

Runtime:

124 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Several works of art are shown during the movie. The painting that gets restored is "Portrait of a Young Girl" (ca. 1470) by Petrus Christus. Among the works studied by Oldman there is also "Birth of Venus" (1879) by William-Adolphe Bouguereau. Among the female portraits in his collection, one can spot: "Portrait of a Young Woman (La Fornarina)" (ca. 1519) and "Portrait of a Young Woman (La Muta)" (1507) by Raphael, "Violante" (ca. 1515) and "La Bella" (1536) by Titian, "Portrait of Eleaonor of Toledo" (1560) and "Portrait of Lucrezia Panciatichi" (1541) by Bronzino, "Portrait of Caterina Sforza" (ca. 1490) by Lorenzo di Credi, "Zingarella" (1505) by Boccaccio Boccaccino, "Lady with a Book of Petrarch's Rhyme" (ca. 1528) by Andrea del Sarto, "Portrait of Bianca Cappello" (ca. 1572) by Alessandro Allori, "Portrait of Elspeth Tucher" (1499) by Albrecht Dürer, and "Jeanne Samary in a Low-Necked Dress (La Rêverie)" (1877) by Pierre-Auguste Renoir. There are also works of Lucas Cranach the Elder, Pieter Paul Rubens, Francisco Goya, Élisabeth Vigée-Le Brun, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Amedeo Modigliani, Morgan Weistling, and many others.

User Reviews

worth watching

it is a good film. good acting, good directing, good story, good music... it's not the best i've seen recently (i just saw 'the hunt' from thomas vinterberg and that blew me off completely), but it is worth watching.

movie will keep you engaged all the way.

i didn't like the ending, but i guess any other ending wouldn't fit, so i shouldn't complain too much.

i gave it 8 out of 10 stars, because every single element of a movie (from music to production to directing to...) is real good. considering many mediocre (at best! :) ) movies that we see so often, i would say that this movie deserves to be seen.

it's pleasing to the eye, it's soothing in some way... i don't regret seeing it.