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SYNOPSIS:
THE BEST OFFER
BERLINALE SPECIAL GALA
Virgil Oldman is managing director of a leading auction house. He is a man with his own individual style who
regularly dyes his hair, never goes out without his finest leather gloves and tries to reveal as little as possible of
his emotional world. In a secret hall inside the villa in which he lives alone, he has collected hundreds of
masterful, priceless paintings from many different eras. He has succeeded in acquiring these paintings, all of
them portraits of women, during his own auctions with the help of his old friend Billy. One day, Oldman
receives a special assignment: a mysterious young woman, who refuses to appear in person, asks him to sell
her family’s antiques. But Oldman is not only interested in the classical painting, furniture and material on
offer. He becomes increasingly fascinated by the mysterious incognito woman, who will only communicate
with him from behind thick walls and heavy doors.
Giuseppe Tornatore directs his stylish film about passions, neuroses and intrigue with panache and a sense of
morbid sophistication. He has chosen to set his plot’s surprising twists and turns in picturesque locations in
Bolzano, Merano, Vienna and Prague.
Director GIUSEPPE TORNATORE, actors GEOFFREY RUSH, SYLVIA HOEKS, and JIM STURGESS will be in Berlin
to present the film.
DDA CONTACTS:
Alice Gledhill Hall and Paul Saunter (TheBestOffer@ddapr.com)
Section: Berlinale Special Gala
Running Time: 112 minutes
Official Screening: 9pm, Tuesday 12 February, Friedrichstadt-Palast
Photo Call:
7.30pm, Tuesday 12 February, VIP Club, Hotel Hyatt
Press Conference:
7.40pm, Tuesday 12 February, Press Centre, Hyatt Hotel
Press Screening: 6.30pm, Monday 11 February, CinemaxX 9
Additional Screenings:
9.30pm, Wednesday 13 February, Haus der Berliner Festspiele
12.45pm, Sunday 17 February, Friedrichstadt-Palast
International Press Days: TBC, Tuesday 12 February, Venue: TBC
TBC, Wednesday 13 February, Venue: TBC
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Italian Press Attaché
Gianluca Pignatelli
g.pignatelli@lucherinipignatelli.it
German Press Attaché
Vivien Barel
Vivien.Barel@warnerbros.com
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