Brush with Fate (2003) (TV)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Brent Shields

Writers (WGA):

Susan Vreeland (novel)
Richard Russo (teleplay)

Release Date:

2 February 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

A mystery hidden for generations. Now the truth will finally be revealed.

Plot Keywords:

Flood | Vermeer | Stolen Art | Episodic | Nazi

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Ellen Burstyn	...	Rika
Glenn Close	...	Cornelia Engelbrecht
Thomas Gibson	...	Richard
Phyllida Law	...	Maria
Kelly Macdonald	...	Aletta Pieters
Patrick Bergin	...	Headmaster
Kieran Bew	...	Adrian Kuypers
Betty Schuurman
Jan Decleir	...	Old Laurens
Thekla Reuten	...	Saskia
Roef Ragas	...	Stijn
Laurien Van den Broeck	...	Magdalena Vermeer
Daniël Boissevain	...	Sol
Paul Muller	...	Old Karl Engelbrecht
Carly Wijs	...	Faculty Woman

Also Known As:

The Girl in Hyacinth Blue (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

Loenen aan de Vecht, Loenen, Utrecht, Netherlands

Company:

Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions

Haunting

This film is a history of a painting and the people who owned it over 300 years. It is told backwards through flashbacks, from its current owner, an eccentric art professor (Glenn Close) to its origin. Each chapter tells of the price they paid for their love of the painting. The individual stories are all involving, and there is a rather morbid twist at the very end you won't see coming. Two hours well-spent.