THE DUTCH
MASTER
USA, 1993
(AAN, Nominated for the Academy Award
1995, also Competition at Cannes 1994)
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Scr./Dir.
Susan SEIDELMAN
D.O.P.:
Maryse ALBERTI
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CAST:
Mira SORVINO (Teresa)
Aida
TURTURO (Kim)
Sharon
ANGELA (Dorothy)
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STORY:
A few weeks before her wedding, Teresa starts
acting strange...She and her friends always eat lunch on the steps of the
Metropolitan Museum. But, one day, Teresa decides to go inside. Teresa
listens to a guide describing "The Drunker" a Dutch painting by Peter De
Hooch. She becomes fascinated by the young wine-pourer in the picture,
his long heavy dark hair and good looks. She takes her friends to see the
painting-but, they soon leave, bored to tears. When Teresa gets up to leave
the room, she hears a crash and turns around. THE PAINTING HAS COME TO
LIFE!...
Susan SEIDELMAN
Director:
Born in Philadelphia in 1951, she abandoned her
studies of Graphic Design and instead attended New York University’s Graduate
School of Film and TV. In 1980 she made her first feature film SMITHEREENS,
which was presented in Competition at the Cannes Film Festival. Other films:
DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN (1984), MAKING MR.RIGHT (1987), COOKIE (1988),
SHE DEVIL (1989), CONFESSIONS OF A SUBURBAN GIRL (1992).