The Mill and the Cross (2011)

Original title

Młyn i krzyż

Directed by

Lech Majewski

Genre

drama film, biographical film, historical film

Country

Poland, Sweden

Runtime

1h 36m

Rated

12

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 111 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film imagines the world inside Pieter Bruegel the Elder's 1564 painting The Procession to Calvary. It shows the lives of the people in the painting and the artist as he creates his work.

slow-burncontemplativevisually lushmeditativehistoricalunhurriedatmosphericartful

What happens

The Mill and the Cross (Polish: Młyn i krzyż) is a 2011 drama film co-written, produced, shot, scored and directed by Lech Majewski and starring Rutger Hauer, Charlotte Rampling, and Michael York. It is inspired by Pieter Bruegel the Elder's 1564 painting The Procession to Calvary, and based on Michael Francis Gibson's 1996 book The Mill and the Cross. The film was a Polish-Swedish co-production. Filming on the project wrapped in August 2009. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 2011. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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