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The Best Offer

Original title: La migliore offerta
  • 2013
  • R
  • 2h 11m
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
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Geoffrey Rush and Sylvia Hoeks in The Best Offer (2013)
A master auctioneer becomes obsessed with an extremely reclusive heiress who collects fine art.
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A lonely art expert working for a mysterious and reclusive heiress finds not only her art worth examining.A lonely art expert working for a mysterious and reclusive heiress finds not only her art worth examining.A lonely art expert working for a mysterious and reclusive heiress finds not only her art worth examining.

  • Director
    • Giuseppe Tornatore
  • Writer
    • Giuseppe Tornatore
  • Stars
    • Geoffrey Rush
    • Jim Sturgess
    • Sylvia Hoeks
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    • IMDb RATING
    7.8/10
    123K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    2,968
    89
    • Director
      • Giuseppe Tornatore
    • Writer
      • Giuseppe Tornatore
    • Stars
      • Geoffrey Rush
      • Jim Sturgess
      • Sylvia Hoeks
    • 254User reviews
    • 147Critic reviews
    • 49Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 25 wins & 26 nominations

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    Jim Sturgess and Giuseppe Tornatore in The Best Offer (2013)
    Geoffrey Rush, Jim Sturgess, and Giuseppe Tornatore in The Best Offer (2013)
    Geoffrey Rush and Giuseppe Tornatore in The Best Offer (2013)
    Sylvia Hoeks in The Best Offer (2013)
    Geoffrey Rush in The Best Offer (2013)
    Geoffrey Rush in The Best Offer (2013)
    Geoffrey Rush in The Best Offer (2013)
    Geoffrey Rush in The Best Offer (2013)
    Geoffrey Rush, Jim Sturgess, and Sylvia Hoeks in The Best Offer (2013)
    Geoffrey Rush in The Best Offer (2013)
    Geoffrey Rush, Jim Sturgess, and Sylvia Hoeks in The Best Offer (2013)
    Geoffrey Rush in The Best Offer (2013)

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    Geoffrey Rush
    Geoffrey Rush
    • Virgil Oldman
    Jim Sturgess
    Jim Sturgess
    • Robert
    Sylvia Hoeks
    Sylvia Hoeks
    • Claire Ibbetson
    Donald Sutherland
    Donald Sutherland
    • Billy Whistler
    Philip Jackson
    Philip Jackson
    • Fred
    Dermot Crowley
    Dermot Crowley
    • Lambert
    Kiruna Stamell
    Kiruna Stamell
    • Girl in the Bar
    Liya Kebede
    Liya Kebede
    • Sarah
    Caterina Capodilista
    • Young Woman
    Gen Seto
    Gen Seto
    • Housekeeper
    Klaus Tauber
    • Virgil's Assistant #1
    Maximilian Dirr
    Maximilian Dirr
    • Virgil's Assistant #2
    Laurence Belgrave
    • Virgil's Assistant #3
    Sean Buchanan
    Sean Buchanan
    • Virgil's Assistant #4
    John Benfield
    John Benfield
    • Barman
    Miles Richardson
    Miles Richardson
    • Steirereck Maitre
    Jim Conway
    • Steirereck Manager
    • (as James Patrick Conway)
    Brigitte Christensen
    Brigitte Christensen
    • First Daughter
    • Director
      • Giuseppe Tornatore
    • Writer
      • Giuseppe Tornatore
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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The restaurant in Prague is "Restaurace u milosrdnych" at the crossing of "U Milosrdnych" and "Kozi" in the center of the town
    • Goofs
      As Virgil passes through the glass-pane door of Night and Day café almost at the end of the movie, there is a sticker on the glass pane of the door which read "Pivnice U milosrdných" - the original Czech name of that pub.
    • Quotes

      Billy Whistler: I wouldn't be so sure if I were you. Human emotions are like works of art. They can be forged. They seem just like the original, but they are a forgery.

      Virgil Oldman: Forgery?

      Billy Whistler: Everything can be faked, Virgil. Joy, pain, hate... illness, recovery. Even love.

    • Connections
      Referenced in Zero Listillos: Leonardo Raya: Fargo, Charlot y Casablanca (2013)

    User reviews254

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    10/10
    Art Into Life
    Great movies have the power to make you think and this movie had me thinking for so long I couldn't sleep on the night I saw it. It is a tremendous film with a deeply unsettling message and even now, 24 hours after seeing it I am haunted by the end.

    It's a fairy story and nightmare rolled into one. It's not what happens that's important it's how it happens. the story is great but the plot is even better.

    Forget the bad reviews and make up your own mind. If you subscribe to the notion that Life imitates Art or Art imitates Life go see it. You won't be disappointed.
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    • dgilligan17
    • May 21, 2013

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    FAQ4

    • The renaissance dessert, a confection of Swiss cream and bitter almonds, that Virgil admires but declines to consume: can anyone explain why he did not eat the offering? And what is its significance?
    • Was the automaton authentic?

    Details

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    • Release date
      • January 1, 2014 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Italy
    • Official sites
      • Official site (Italy)
      • Official site (Japan)
    • Languages
      • English
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Kẻ Lập Dị
    • Filming locations
      • Via Guido Corsi, Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy(street in front of villa and café)
    • Production companies
      • Paco Cinematografica
      • Warner Bros. Entertainment
      • Warner Bros.
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • €13,500,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $100,035
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $2,595
      • Jan 5, 2014
    • Gross worldwide
      • $20,919,703
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 11 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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