Public Works | |
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Directed by | Joram Lürsen |
Written by | Thomas Rosenboom Frank Ketelaar |
Starring | Gijs Scholten van Aschat |
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Running time | 115 minutes |
Country | Netherlands |
Language | Dutch |
Public Works (Dutch: Publieke werken), also distributed under the title A Noble Intention is a 2015 Dutch drama film directed by Joram Lürsen.[1] It was based on the book of the same name by Thomas Rosenboom about the troubled construction of the Victoria Hotel in Amsterdam. It was listed as one of eleven films that could be selected as the Dutch submission for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.[2] The film won the Pearl Award at the Film by the Sea festival in the Netherlands in 2016.[3]