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Original title: La migliore offerta (The Best Offer)
Year: 2013
Running time: 131 min.
Country: Italy
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore
Screenwriter: Giuseppe Tornatore
Music: Ennio Morricone
Cinematography: Fabio Zamarion
Cast: Geoffrey Rush, Jim Sturgess, Sylvia Hoeks, Donald Sutherland, Philip Jackson, Dermot Crowley, Liya Kebede, Kiruna Stamell
Producer: Paco Cinematografica, UniCredit
Genre: Mystery. Romance. Thriller. Drama | Romantic Drama. Painting
Synopsis: Virgil Oldman (Geoffrey Rush) is a world renowned antiques expert and auctioneer. An eccentric genius, he leads a solitary life, going to extreme lengths to keep his distance from the messiness of human relationships. When appointed by the beautiful but emotionally damaged and Claire to oversee the valuation and sale of her family’s priceless art collection, Virgil allows himself to form an attachment to her – and soon he is engulfed by a passion which will rock his bland existence to the core.

Rankings Position

#101 Best Italian Movies of all time

Awards: 2013: European Film Awads: Best Score. 4 Nominations

2012: David di Donatello Awards: Best Film, Director & Music. 13 Nominations

Critics' reviews

"Astutely written (...) Though it begs for a little lightening up, a moment of irony, a wink at the audience, this dead-serious fairy tale (...) is worth watching for Geoffrey Rush’s sensitive, never pandering performance"

Deborah Young: The Hollywood Reporter
"Sumptuous (...) Aiming for a Hitchcockian (...) the pic ends up more in Dan Brown territory, with over-obvious setups and phony insight into the art establishment."

Jay Weissberg: Variety
"The problem arises when the script (also by Tornatore) keeps insisting on explaining its own symbolism and subtext (…) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"

Sheila O'Malley: rogerebert.com
"If its destination is patently obvious from the outset, the journey does at least offer scattered pleasures."

Mike D'Angelo: AV Club
"The resulting film is such a campy mess that for a while it’s possible to see it having some sort of life as a kitsch cultish artifact"

Jessica Kiang: IndieWire
"A dull courtship leading to a bad end (...) The director stages his serviceable gothic mystery premise with the elegance of an auction."

Nicolas Rapold: The New York Times
"Tornatore conjures a tantalizing mood (...) unfortunately, this mood dissipates once Tornatore starts to resolve the film’s various mysteries, and the resolution goes on for far too long."

Ben Sachs: Chicago Reader
"A tenuous art-scam/romance/thriller storyline is fatally undermined by rusty dialogue (...) Fine actors (...) are, almost everything they say remains dead on the page (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"

Andrew Pulver: The Guardian

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Ranking Lists Position

21 My Favorite Italian Movies (76)
23 My Top 10 Movies from 2013 (226)

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