Tulip Fever Page #7

Synopsis: In 17th Century Amsterdam, an orphaned girl Sophia (Alicia Vikander) is forcibly married to a rich and powerful merchant Cornelis Sandvoort (Christoph Waltz) - an unhappy "arrangement" that saves her from poverty. After her husband commissions a portrait, she begins a passionate affair with the painter Jan Van Loos (Dane DeHaan), a struggling young artist. Seeking to escape the merchant's ever-reaching grasp, the lovers risk everything and enter the frenzied tulip bulb market, with the hope that the right bulb will make a fortune and buy their freedom.
Director(s): Justin Chadwick
Production: The Weinstein Company
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.2
Metacritic:
38
Rotten Tomatoes:
9%
R
Year:
2017
105 min
$2,399,374
659 Views


- Let her stay gone, sir. Let her stay dead. Oh, sir... She was driven by madness. We all were.

(sighs)

(baby fussing quietly)

(wind whistling)

(quietly)

- It's all right. It's all right.

CORNELIS:
"Mistress Maria, so I would address you on your marriage, which in faith, must follow hard upon. And may God bless it and bless your child. The house of the trader Sandvoort has fallen into desolation yet I will not have it shuttered. And although I know that you were complicit in this deceitful act, Maria, I absolve you, as I, too, have sinned. For I bought Sophia like fine silver or a precious painting, and in my desire for a child, I treated her badly. Good fortune be with you, Mistress Maria. Fill the house with new life, for it is yours. But in return, you must protect my name and preserve my legacy, as in the eyes of the world, this child is my heir. It is only you and Willem who can know the truth. Tell no one. This is our secret to keep. I wish you all happiness. I am to the Indies. Farewell."

(bell clanging)

(Crying, panting)

- Where has she gone?

- She saw what she'd done. Jan... the bubble burst.

- I must find her. Sophia! Sophia!

(angry, overlapping shouting)

- It's done, I'm sorry.

(overlapping shouting)

- NICHOLAS:
I'm ruined!

- MATTHEUS:
Jan!

- JAN:
Oh, God.

- MATTHEUS:
Jan. Jan! Stop! Stop!

- JAN:
Sophia! Sophia! Sophia. She's gone. Sophia.

(thunder crashes)

MARIA:
Soon after, the government stepped in and banned tulip trading. Overnight, the market crashed. Thousands were left destitute. All this stemmed from a love of beauty, a passion for flowers whose lives are even briefer than our own. But while the blooms had faded, the paintings remained.

- You have brought her to life.

- Only to torment me the more by knowing she's dead.

- You know that, Mr. Van Loos?

- Yes.

- She drowned herself. We cannot say we know more than we can know. Leave the rest to God. He doesn't like mopers. Your patron brought me here, because he wishes to commission a work from you.

(bell tolling)

- ABBESS:
Think of this as a place of solace. You will not be disturbed.

(grunts)

MARIA:
Stories don't end. They only go their separate ways. We take leave of them. Not knowing what comes after. Cornelis has a new life...

(Cornelis humming)

and a family to love. As do l.

(laughter)

- GIRL:
Oopsy daisy!

(chattering)

- Oh, look at this clever

(kissing)

- little girl!

- MARIA:
Sophia! Sophia!

Maria:
Your story is only beginning, my little Sophia. And now you know the truth. You're named for my dear friend, who, despite all the wrong she did, helped bring you into this world.

- Mommy, he's jumping around.

- Again? No.

- Help your sister through.

- WILLEM:
Jacob, make room for your sister.

- MARIA:
Daniel. Come to the table.

(crying)

- WILLEM:
For what we are about to receive, O Lord, for thy blessings and thy bounty from the harvest of the land and the oceans. And for this house of Mr. Sandvoort, bless him and his new family in the Indies. For everything that we have, in good times and bad, now and forever. May your servants be truly thankful.

MARIA:
It was Mr. Sandvoort's desire that Willem and I should live in his house, and bring you up as the daughter Sophia gave him. But now you know why we have always loved you as our own. Our firstborn, Willem's and mine, because that is what you were, and always have been. My own Sophia.

- Amen.

- Amen.

- Amen.

- Yay!

(laughter)

(excited chattering)

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Deborah Moggach

Deborah Moggach, OBE (born Deborah Hough; 28 June 1948) is an English novelist and screenwriter. She has written eighteen novels, including The Ex-Wives, Tulip Fever (made into the film of the same name), These Foolish Things (made into the film The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel) and Heartbreak Hotel. more…

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