Basic
Info
Title:
The Mill and the Cross
Genre:
Drama
Country:
Poland, Sweden
Language:
English, Spanish
Production
company: Angelus Silesius, Telewizja Polska, Arkana
Studio, Bokomotiv Filmproduktion
Running
time: 96 minutes
Release
date: 23 January 2011 (Sundance), 18 March 2011
(Poland)
Staff
Staff
Director:
Lech Majewski
Producer:
George Lekovic, Lech Majewski, Freddy Olsson, Dorota Roszkowska
Screenplay:
Michael Francis Gibson, Lech Majewski
Music:
Lech Majewski, Józef Skrzek
Cinematography:
Lech Majewski, Adam Sikora
Editor:
Eliot Ems, Norbert Rudzik
Cast
Rutger Hauer (Pieter Bruegel)
Michael York (Nicolaes Jonghelinck)
Charlotte Rampling (Mary)
Joanna Litwin (Marijken Bruegel; Pieter's wife)
Marian Makula (Miller)
Summary
The Mill and the Cross (Polish: Młyn i krzyż)
is a drama film directed by Lech Majewski in 2011 and starring Rutger Hauer,
Charlotte Rampling and Michael York. The film was inspired by "The
Procession to Calvary" by Pieter Bruegel the Elder in 1564 and is based on
the book "The Mill and the Cross" written by Michael Francis Gibson.
The film was co-produced by Poland and Sweden and premiered at the Sundance
Film Festival in January 23, 2011.
The Procession to Calvary, Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1564)
The film focuses on a dozen of the 500
characters depicted in Bruegel's painting and consists of a series of vignettes
that depict everyday life of farmers. In addition, monologues of some of the
main characters, including Bruegel, explaining the structure and symbolism of
his paintings, are interspersed throughout the film. The subject of Christ's
suffering was set against religious persecution in Flanders in 1564.
Movie
Review
“Neither conventional costume drama nor
abstract objet d'art, this visually ravishing, surprisingly beguiling gamble won't
fit any standard arthouse niche. Still it could prove the Polish helmer's belated
international breakthrough”, Variety
“In this lush and hypnotic examination of a
painter's work and the times in which he lived, Mr. Majewski presents an extended
contemplation of the creative process itself”, The New York Times
“No description can do justice to The Mill
and the Cross, which must be seen to be fully appreciated”, New York Post
“If ever a film cried out for the 3D
treatment, it's The Mill & the Cross, an ambitious but frustratingly flat
attempt to explore, analyze and dramatize a masterpiece of 16th-century art”, The
Hollywood Reporter
“Despite a too slow pace for my own tastes,
Hauer helps move the film along by being captivating even in just a few scenes”,
San Francisco Chronicle
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