The only thing I have for you this prefestive Saturday are new photos presenting the characters from BBC's new three episode period set drama
THE MINIATURIST which will air next Tuesday and Wednesday, December 26th and 27th in UK in their holiday programme. You can also check out two clips below!
BASED ON JESSIE BURTON BOOKSet in 1686, it follows 18 year old Nella Oortman (
Anya Taylor Joy) who knocks at the door of a grand house in the wealthiest quarter of Amsterdam.
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| Anya Taylor Joy is Nella Oortman |
Full of hopes and dreams, she has come from the country to begin a new life as the wife of wealthy merchant, Johannes (
Alex Hassell) Brandt. But instead
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| Alex Hassell is Johannes in the series |
of Johannes, she’s met by his cold sister Marin (
Romola Garai) and quickly realises that nothing is as it seems in the Brandt household. When Johannes
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| Romola Garai and Anya Taylor Joy |
finally appears he presents her with an extraordinary wedding gift: a doll’s house replica of their home. It is to be furnished by an elusive miniaturist,
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| The series will air first two days after Christmas on BBC |
whose tiny creations mirror what is happening within the house in unexpected ways and seem to be predicting and unravelling the future with unsettling
accuracy. You can also check out the two, rather cheap looking, clips from the mini series below.
