Despite a too slow pace for my own tastes, Hauer helps move the film along by being captivating even in just a few scenes. He, Michael York as a businessman and Charlotte Rampling as the Virgin Mary provide what little dialogue exists in a screenplay that could have used a little more backstory.
The Mill and the Cross(Młyn i krzyż)
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Poland, Sweden · 2011
1h 36m
Director Lech Majewski
Starring Rutger Hauer, Charlotte Rampling, Michael York, Joanna Litwin
Genre Drama, History
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What would it be like to step inside a great work of art, have it come alive around you, and even observe the artist as he sketches the very reality you are experiencing? This film is a cinematic re-staging of Pieter Bruegel's masterpiece "Procession to Calvary," presented alongside the story of its creation.
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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.
Majewski's film is a dazzling master class in visual composition.
Village Voice by Nick Pinkerton
An extraordinary example of both art-historical interpretation and CGI as passport to unknown lands, The Mill and the Cross, based on a book by Michael Francis Gibson, is a moving-image tribute to the still image, with its ability to "wrestle the senseless moment to the ground."
Boxoffice Magazine by Pam Grady
An investigation into Pieter Bruegel the Elder's painting "The Way to Calvary," Majewski's film is a stunning piece of art in its own right.
No description can do justice to The Mill and the Cross, which must be seen to be fully appreciated.
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