I had read the novel a year or two ago and liked it. Girl with a Peal Earring is a beautiful film. It builds amazing suspense with lighting, glances, and gestures. It's a subtle story.
It's set in 1669 or thereabouts - very close to the 1668 time the PBS show "Colonial House" tried to replicate. It was odd to watch "Colonial House" first, getting a close look at what a new colony was like in the New World - then watch "Girl with a Peal Earring" set in the Old World. In both films, we see the world partly through the eyes of servants.
"Girl with a Pearl Earring" is certainly a film no artist should miss. Anyone interested in history, western civilization, art, or sociology will enjoy it too. Oh - and if you like a good, subtle story - Henry James style - you'll love this film.
The documentary on making one of the scenes is also very interesting.
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