Public Works (film)

Public Works
Directed byJoram Lürsen
Written byThomas Rosenboom
Frank Ketelaar
StarringGijs Scholten van Aschat
Release date
  • 30 November 2015 (2015-11-30)
Running time
115 minutes
CountryNetherlands
LanguageDutch

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]

  1. ^ "Public Works world premiere". Topkapi Films. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Feature Film Academy Entry". Eye Film Institute Netherlands. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Film by the Sea: Awards" (in Dutch). Film by the Sea. Retrieved 12 October 2017.

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