The world's first stock exchange - and Margot Robbie in the bathtub
The novel's adaptation meant immersing myself in the world of trade. Not exactly my forte! But both the novel and Amsterdam's Golden Age history made it utterly fascinating.
In this Substack I’m recounting the journey of my film adaptation of The Coffee Trader - an epic undertaking that delivered a great script about a forbidden Jewish love story in 1650 Amsterdam in a world of double crosses, hidden agendas, murder, excommunication - and coffee, of course!
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