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Blonde Dolly (1987)

Blonde Dolly poster
Directed by
Gerrit van Elst
Genre
drama film
Country
Netherlands
Runtime
1h 42m
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A prostitute helps a man buy a Vermeer painting. Based on a real unsolved murder in the Netherlands.

slownoirishmelancholicgrittyunsentimentalatmosphericunderstatedquietly tense

What happens

Blonde Dolly is a 1987 Dutch drama film about a prostitute who co-finances the purchase of a Vermeer painting, directed by Gerrit van Elst and with Hilde Van Mieghem and Peter Tuinman in the lead roles. The film is based on the real-life Hague prostitute, Sebilla Alida Johanna Niemans, better known as "Blonde Dolly", who was murdered in 1959. and whose murder remains unsolved. The film received a poor response from critics but was a moderate success in cinemas. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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