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Critic Brian Tallerico
rated 8

...a documentary that illuminates a great deal about the human condition...

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Critic Richard Whittaker
rated 6

...reminds us that vengeance cannot be the sole redress against a crime.

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Critic Cath Clarke
rated 8

...[an] astonishing, emotionally electric documentary about the unexpected friendship between artist and thief.

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Critic Wendy Ide
rated 8

Fascinating, confounding and continually surprising...

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Critic Roger Moore
rated 8

It’s the sort of film you’d never expect to see or expect to be made in the United States.

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Critic Kerstin Gezelius
rated 6

...onekligen effektfull och filmen som helhet lyckas få fram något mycket sant och inte så ofta berättat om konst och konstnärskap, om att se och bli sedd.

Read full review at Dagens Nyheter
Critic Aleksandra Emilia Kida
rated 8

...et skoleeksempel på, hvordan den observerende dokumentarisme kan skabe storslået og helstøbt dramaturgi.

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Critic Lars Movin
rated 8

...byder på en virkelighed vildere end fantasien i mødet mellem to mennesker, der spejler hinandens mørke.

Read full review at Filmmagasinet Ekko

Cast & Crew

Benjamin Ree
Director
Benjamin Ree
Writer
Øystein Stene
As Himself
Øystein Stene
Director
Barbora Kysilkova
As Herself / The Painter
Karl-Bertil Nordland
As Himself / The Thief

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The Painter and the Thief is a documentary that tells the story of an unlikely friendship between a talented artist, Barbora Kysilkova, and Karl-Bertil Nordland, a man convicted of stealing her work from an Oslo art gallery. Following the theft, Barbora sets out to find her stolen paintings and meets Karl-Bertil in court. She asks him to sit for a portrait, and he agrees. Over three years, the film follows their developing relationship as they spend time together creating art and discussing their lives. Despite their vastly different backgrounds and personalities, they form a strong bond that transforms them both in unexpected ways. The film won the Sundance Film Festival's Grand Jury Prize in 2020.

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