Girl With a Pearl Earring

When her father goes blind, Griet must go to work as a maid for painter Johannes Vermeer . While cleaning the house, Griet strikes up an unlikely friendship with Vermeer, which both agree to keep secret for fear of provoking the painter's jealous wife, Catharina . When wealthy patron Van Ruijven begins to lust after Griet, and commissions a painting of her, Vermeer and Griet are obliged to spend long hours alone together.

Cast :

• Colin Firth
• Johannes Vermeer

• Scarlett Johansson
• Griet

• Tom Wilkinson
• Van Ruijven

• Judy Parfitt
• Maria Thins

• Cillian Murphy
• Pieter

• Essie Davis
• Catharina

• Joanna Scanlan
• Tanneke

• Alakina Mann
• Cornelia