Une noble intention

Original title: Publieke werken

2015
1h 55m

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Jacob Derwig, Rifka Lodeizen, and Gijs Scholten van Aschat in Une noble intention (2015)

In 1888 Amsterdam, a stubborn violin maker and his pharmacist cousin face hardship and tragedy as they oppose the powerful businessmen who plan to force him from his house and erect a luxuri... Read allIn 1888 Amsterdam, a stubborn violin maker and his pharmacist cousin face hardship and tragedy as they oppose the powerful businessmen who plan to force him from his house and erect a luxurious new hotel in its place.In 1888 Amsterdam, a stubborn violin maker and his pharmacist cousin face hardship and tragedy as they oppose the powerful businessmen who plan to force him from his house and erect a luxurious new hotel in its place.

Director
- Joram Lürsen
Writers
- Frank Ketelaar
- Thomas Rosenboom
Stars

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6.7/10

2.5K

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Director
- Joram Lürsen
Writers
- Frank Ketelaar
- Thomas Rosenboom
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 wins & 12 nominations total

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7Heddude

Loved this movie!!

Great movie!! My favorite part is when, at a funeral, you see a graveyard worker pulling a blanket from a caskit. Why i like this part so much you ask? Well maybe the fact that the person acting as graveyard worker is ME. But it's not a bad movie in general but not for brood audience cause it's a historical drama.

4Uneken

Posh broadcasting accents in Amsterdam and rural Holland...

Very irritating: the diction of the actors, especially their accents, which is typical of people working for national radio and TV in the Netherlands. "Bekakt Goois". In Hoogeveen.

4Arconada

Unsatisfying

Three story lines, maybe effective in the book but not in this movie. The most interesting part, only 30 minutes, is the struggle between the protagonist trying to sell his shop and the investor who doesn't want to pay what the shop owner is asking. The rest seems only padding to fill it up to feature length. To bad, because the eye candy is satisfying, i.e. the image of old Amsterdam.

9RosanaBotafogo

Beautiful and sad, violence and kindness...

What a sad movie, I sincerely hope it's just fiction, so much suffering, all in favor of a greater good that didn't come true (or did, the totally appropriate translation, rare thing, "A Noble Intent", the script, the story in itself is filled with good intentions, altruistic people, who for their good ambitions, fail, reconstruction of phenomenal historical photography... Beautiful and sad, violence and kindness...

7packmanproductions

A Noble Effort

Visually stunning but with a story that presents a dreary view of late 19th century Amsterdam. A pharmacist and his cousin concoct a plan to emigrate poor peat workers to America when an investor decides to build a luxury hotel and buy up downtown properties. They see an opportunity to pocket some money and offer the peasants a new start in the land of the free. Things don't go well in negotiations lending to some tragic results. Slower paced but excellent performances keep A Noble Intention interesting if flawed.

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Trivia
The houses which the real hotel was built around in Amsterdam featured in the story really exist and can be seen on the Prins Hendrikkade.

Goofs
The colonists sailed in 1889 and arrived in New York a few months later. The statue of liberty is under construction while it was officially opened in 1886.