Focus on La Mariée and analyze the Notting Hill.
In the 1999 film Notting Hill, Julia Roberts' character Anna Scott sees a poster of La Mariée in the home of Hugh Grant's character, William Thacker. Later in the film Anna, in proclaiming her love for William, gives him what is presumably the original.
According to director Roger Michell in an article in Entertainment Weekly, the painting was chosen because screenwriter Richard Curtis was a fan of Chagall's work, and because La Mariée "depicts a yearning for something that's lost." Producers had a reproduction made for use in the film, but had to first get permission from the painting's owners and obtain clearance from the British Design and Artists Copyright Society. The reproduction was created by British artist, Thomasina Smith. According to producer Duncan Kenworthy, "... we had to agree to destroy it. They were concerned that if our fake was too good, it might float around the market and create problems." The article notes that the real painting could have been "worth between $500,000 and $1 million." A closely related work by Chagall, also called La Mariée, was sold in 2003 by Christies for just above US$1 million.
Richard Curtis Entertainment Weekly Duncan Kenworthy Roger Michell Julia Roberts Design and Artists Copyright Society 1999 Hugh Grant Notting Hill painting