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Overview

User Rating:
6.7/10   824 votes
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Director:
Writer:
Peter Greenaway (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
2 November 2007 (Poland) more
Plot:
An extravagant, exotic and moving look at Rembrandt's romantic and professional life, and the controversy he created by the identification of a murderer in the painting THE NIGHT WATCH full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
6 wins & 4 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(13 articles)
From The Office to Nativity!
 (From The Guardian - Film News. 25 November 2009, 1:17 AM, PST)

From The Office to Nativity!
 (From The Guardian - TV News. 25 November 2009, 1:17 AM, PST)

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New angle to everything you know about Greenway and... Rembrant? more (10 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Martin Freeman ... Rembrandt van Rijn

Emily Holmes ... Hendrickje
Eva Birthistle ... Saskia
Jodhi May ... Geertje
Toby Jones ... Gerard Dou
Jonathan Holmes ... Ferdinand Bol

Michael Teigen ... Carel Fabritius
Kevin McNulty ... Engelen

Agata Buzek ... Titia Uylenburgh

Natalie Press ... Marieke
Fiona O'Shaughnessy ... Marita
Reimer van Beek ... Titus - newborn
Robert Zalecki ... Titus - 4 months old
Kacper Kasiecki ... Titus - toddler
Anna Antonowicz ... Catharina
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
La ronde de nuit (France)
Nocna straz (Poland)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong sexual content, graphic nudity and language.
Runtime:
134 min | Canada:141 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
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Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Titia Uylenburgh: Women in the 17th century are allowed to smoke, write, correspond with Descartes, wear spectacles, insult the Pope, and breast-feed babies. more

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10 out of 16 people found the following review useful.
New angle to everything you know about Greenway and... Rembrant?, 21 April 2008
8/10
Author: melnikovi from Netherlands

Not as visually complex as 'Prosperos' Books', not as intriguing as 'Draughtsman's Contract', not as innovative as 'The Suitcases', 'Nightwatching' is however a little of everything and, of cause, more.

There are references to the earlier films, most obviously - to the 'Contract', the latest are so strong that sometimes one may think it is a deep 'remake' of that earliest Greenways' work.

While the presentation is generally easier-going then in some previous films, it does not mean loss of depth and loads of small details (for which the film deserves a HD version - something to appear, probably, in the year 2107?). Like all Greenway films, this one to be watched many times to discover new and new layers.

The historic plot is doubtful however neither naive nor unrealistic. And most likely it is just a canvas to put the ideas on: which present in numbers.

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