The Best Offer (Italian: La migliore offerta β entitled Deception in the UK) is a 2013 English-language Italian psychological thriller film written and directed by Giuseppe Tornatore. The film stars Geoffrey Rush as Virgil Oldman, a meticulous and reclusive art auctioneer who becomes entangled in a mysterious romantic relationship with an agoraphobic heiress, Claire Ibbetson (Sylvia Hoeks). Jim Sturgess and Donald Sutherland appear in supporting roles. The music score was composed by Ennio Morricone.