Lowlands

2009

52m

5.8

5.8/10

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Overview

Lowlands explores the fragility of domestic and creative life in time of war. Its focus is Catharina Bolnes, wife and widow of 17th century painter, Johannes Vermeer of Delft. The film explores her struggle to ensure the family’s survival during the France-Netherlands War (1672-1675), and the bankruptcy she declares after Vermeer’s death leaves her with no income and ten minor children. The film is built from varied sources including paintings of Catharina by Vermeer; etchings depicting Louis XIV’s policy of rape warfare; reenactments of legal depositions by the Vermeer family about domestic violence, forged paintings and bankruptcy; archival b/w films taken in Delft during WWII; contemporary color footage tracking the movements of Louis XIV’s army near Delft in 1672; a deposition by a perpetrator of rape warfare at the Criminal Tribunal in the Hague in 1996….

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Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Countries

United States of America

Spoken Languages

Dutch English Serbian

Quick Facts

Release Date	January 1, 2009
Status	Released
Language	EN
IMDb ID	tt2087863

Cast

Key Crew

Peter Thompson

Director

Peter Thompson

Writer

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