Starring:
Scarlett Johansson, Colin Firth, Tom Wilkinson, Judy Parfitt, Cillian Murphy
Director:
Peter Webber
Release Date:
December 12th, 2003 (LA/NY).
MPAA Rating:
PG-13 for some sexual content
Distributor:
Lions Gate Films
Description:
A speculative account of the life of Griet, a 16-year-old girl who appears in Johannes Vermeer's painting of the same title. Set in 17th century Holland, Griet is employed by Vermeer as a housemaid to care for his six children, his jealous pregnant wife and his uncommunicative mother-in-law.
Tensions arise when Vermeer's wife suspects intimacy between her husband and the girl, and climax when she discovers that Griet borrowed her precious pearl earrings to sit for the now famous portrait.