The Painter and the Thief
2020 · 102 min · Director: Benjamin Ree
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Young Czech artist Barbora Kysilkova relocates from Berlin to Oslo to launch her career as a painter. In April of 2015, her two most valuable, large-format paintings are stolen - with care - in broad daylight from the windowfronts of Galleri Nobel in Oslo's city center. Desperate for answers about the theft of her paintings, Barbora is presented with an unusual opportunity to reach out to one of the men involved in the heist - Norwegian career criminal, Karl-'Bertil' Nordland. Filmmaker Benjamin Ree begins to document the story after Barbora unbelievably invites her thief to sit for a portrait, capturing the unlikely relationship that ensues as the equally damaged duo find common ground and form an inseparable bond through their mutual affinity for art.
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The Painter and the Thief (2020) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 30%, Sadness 25%, Awe 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
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Cast
Himself / The Thief
Herself
Himself
Details
- Directed by
- Benjamin Ree
- Written by
- Benjamin Ree
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 2020
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Country
- Norway, United States
- Genres
- Documentary
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Empathy
- Data updated
Where to watch
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