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The Best Offer

Original title: La migliore offerta
  • 2013
  • R
  • 2h 11m
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
134K
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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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Virgil Oldman, a wealthy art auctioneer, takes the help of a young artificer, Robert, to understand and woo Claire Ibbetson, a young heiress, who hires him to auction off an antique collecti... Read allVirgil Oldman, a wealthy art auctioneer, takes the help of a young artificer, Robert, to understand and woo Claire Ibbetson, a young heiress, who hires him to auction off an antique collection.Virgil Oldman, a wealthy art auctioneer, takes the help of a young artificer, Robert, to understand and woo Claire Ibbetson, a young heiress, who hires him to auction off an antique collection.

  • Director
    • Giuseppe Tornatore
  • Writer
    • Giuseppe Tornatore
  • Stars
    • Geoffrey Rush
    • Jim Sturgess
    • Sylvia Hoeks
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.8/10
    134K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    2,640
    162
    • Director
      • Giuseppe Tornatore
    • Writer
      • Giuseppe Tornatore
    • Stars
      • Geoffrey Rush
      • Jim Sturgess
      • Sylvia Hoeks
    • 278User reviews
    • 147Critic reviews
    • 49Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 25 wins & 26 nominations total

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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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    User reviews278

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    8Sergeant_Tibbs

    Unique, intriguing and elegant. This is clearly the work of experts.

    The only Guiseppe Tornatore film I've seen is Cinema Paradiso which is an absolute masterpiece. It surprises me that he was only in his early 30s when he directed it as the film already showed the work of an expert, given that his other films aren't as notable. The Best Offer, with its tight screenplay, lush sets, brilliant performance by Geoffrey Rush and beautiful score by Ennio Morricone, also exemplifies the sophisticated expertise filmmaking. It's refreshing to see a film with a unique universe grounded in the culture of our own with some bizarrely specific themes. While my only complaint is that the dialogue has this very "written" quality about it that is near impossible to deliver in a natural way, it's at least consistent throughout.

    The story is constantly intriguing, held together by a Hitchcockian mystery feeling, and always pays off in a unique way. I'm not one for "old man and young girl romance" stories as they're rarely without uncomfortable perversion but The Best Offer completely justifies it with its well developed characters and themes. However, what makes this film so special and strange is the dramatic turn in the third act. Heartbreaking not only for the characters but for the audience that the film changes so drastically. But this is what made the film stick with me so much. It's wonderful to have a film that you toss and turn in your head, trying to figure out what it's all about. I can't divulge as anybody who hasn't seen it will be spoiled. Just go watch one of the best offers 2013 cinema has in store so far.

    8/10
    10dgilligan17

    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.
    8tomsview

    Intriguing offering

    "The Best Offer" is an unusual, stylish movie with a clever story.

    From the beginning we sense there is a mystery at its heart, and indeed, it keeps you wondering right to the end.

    I wouldn't give away too much of the plot and spoil the enjoyment for anyone discovering it for the first time, however there are other things to enjoy about "The Best Offer" other than the twists and turns of the story.

    Geoffrey Rush plays Virgil Oldman, a successful art connoisseur and auctioneer who is asked to evaluate and sell the estate of Claire Ibbetson (Sylvia Hoeks), a reclusive young heiress who has not left her home for years. Virgil is a man of epicurean taste, who also has some carefully guarded issues regarding his near worship of beautiful women, which has manifested itself in an impressive private collection of paintings of women through the ages.

    As he begins to catalogue the Ibbetson estate, we realise that the artefacts he uncovers and the growing relationship with his strange young client touch not only his vanities but also probe his phobias and fantasies.

    This is a film of many layers. We get an insider view of a world of wealth, privilege and a taste, but we also get an intimate look at Virgil Oldman; we see beyond the aloof, cool exterior to the man of deeply repressed vulnerabilities - it is a thoughtful performance by Geoffrey Rush.

    There is a great deal of artwork shown in the film including a couple of portraits by a fictional artist named Jansky, supposedly of great value, and important to the plot. Paintings that receive great reverence in movies are sometimes a bit of a let down when they appear on the screen, often being simply retouched photos ("Laura") or just badly executed works that show the producers had little taste or knowledge of art.

    That is not the case here, the filmmakers obviously went to some trouble to commission paintings from a very good artist (Russian artist Katerina Panikakova according to one source) and the interesting-looking portraits fit perfectly into the superb look and feel of the whole film.

    "The Best Offer" is an Italian production, and the love of art and beauty lends an Italian sensibility to the whole thing. Adding to the atmosphere is the distinctive Ennio Morricone score.

    Although the Mamet-esque ending brings the drama to a logical enough conclusion, like many films, the journey is the most satisfying aspect of "The Best Offer" - even if, sadly, it only reinforces the notion that there is no fool like an old fool.
    8ma-cortes

    Exciting as well as sensitive film about a master auctioneer who becomes obsessed with an extremely reclusive heiress

    Interesting and enthralling picture with stirring drama , ravishing cinematography and moving musical score . An epic story of a man who could do anything , except be ordinary . A story centered on an eccentric auctioneer , a great art lover , and his obsession with a heiress/collector . As the successful auctioneer called Virgil Oldman (Geoffrey Rush) becomes deeply passionate about a mysterious woman called Claire (Sylvia Hoakes) who suffers agoraphobia . Meantime , the fine art expert Virgil along with his younger friend , Robert (Jim Sturgess) , attempt to remake an ancient automaton .

    Colorful and moving film dealing with a solitary man who punches drunk love with a strange girl who resides at an Italian villa only attended by a handy man . The flick relies heavily on the complex relationship between an older man and a younger woman , but this does not get bored or spoils the tale . This captivating picture contains drama , intrigue , plot twists and nostalgia completely wrapped in an enjoyable love story between a lone winner and a locked girl . The story is narrated with great sense and sensibility , the intelligent screenplay was written by Giuseppe Tornatore himself . Slightly underrated but excellent all the same time , the picture is both , enjoyable and entertaining , but overlong . Magnificent performance from Geoffrey Rush as virtuoso auctioneer who has never set his heart on real love , Jim Sturgess as his best friend and Sylvia Hoakes as the gorgeous as well as rare girl . Good acting from remaining cast , just like : Donald Sutherland , Dermot Crowley and Philip Jackson . Glowing cinematography in colorful scenarios and splendidly photographed by Flavio Zamarion who reflects marvelously the elegant restaurants , apartments , paintings , auction hall and many other things . Rousing and moving score musical by the veteran master and prolific Ennio Morricone who achieved a deserved David Di Donatello .

    The picture was very well directed by Giuseppe Tornatore and won six David Di Donatello awards , including Best Film and Best Director . Tornatore made other similarly attractive films , including good actors , such as : the excellent ¨Cinema Paradise¨ with Philippe Noiret , ¨Malena¨ with Monica Belucci , ¨ The star maker¨ with Sergio Castellito , ¨Legend of 1900¨ or ¨The Legend of the Pianist on the Ocean¨ with Tim Roth , and ¨Baaria¨ with Raoul Bova ; being his English-language debut feature titled ¨The professor¨ with Ben Gazzara . ¨The best offer¨ rating : Better than average , well worth watching for exceptional cinematography , first-rate acting and wonderful score .
    10EddieRade

    My favorite 2013 movie! A precious gem by a magnificent Rush!

    This is, by far, my most favorite movie of this year! I've always been a Geoffrey Rush fan, but in this movie, I've seen a very special Rush who, by the way his on screen persona goes thru a life changing metamorphosis, creates a real, day-to-day living among us man with real life personal fears, heartbreaking disillusions and self rediscovering. He makes us care for the very rigid and robotic Virgil Oldman in a way that surprises the senses. He is, in the beginning, a character who most people would find repelling by his uncomfortable attitude and bossy ways. But, as the movie proceeds, he is changed by this peculiar and frightful young woman who has a way of bringing him up, and crushing him down within minutes in their dialog. I must say that director Tornatore wrote this amazingly beautiful story with a golden pencil, I'm sure. This is not another love story. It's a life story, set in the world of Arts, where there's more to discover behind the colors of paintings and the still faces of sculptures than meets the eye. As the movie comes to an end, you will face a difficult task: to be thankful that such a story made it to the big screen, or to desire that it would've remain only in the writer's mind and heart. I give it a full 10, with no regrets. Awaiting more from Tornatore-Rush team! They get along pretty well I see.

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    • Trivia
      Ennio Morricone recorded music for the movie with Czech National Symphony Orchestra in Prague.
    • 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)

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    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
      • Al mejor postor
    • Filming locations
      • Via Guido Corsi, Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy(street in front of villa and café)
    • Production companies
      • Paco Cinematografica
      • Warner Bros.
      • 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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    Tech 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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