GRIET (Scarlett Johansson) is a peasant girl, forced to work as a maid in the home of the painter Johannes Vermeer (Colin Firth), who becomes the model for what turns out to be his most famous work.
Based on Tracy Chevalier's best-selling novel, this is bodice-ripping stuff.
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