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The Adventures of Picasso

1978 · 115 min

A whirlwind of silly sketches and multilingual puns that feels like a playful, surreal romp through art history.

Tagline
A thousand loving lies by Hans Alfredson and Tage Danielsson
Overview
A farcical biopic about Pablo Picasso, from his early years, to his middle years, to the years right before his death, and some of the years before and in-between that.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 3 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • art
  • identity
  • celebrity
  • family
  • death
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
  • road trip
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour9
Realism1
Romance3
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity6
Emotional weight3

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Where to watch in the UK

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Tage Danielsson
Written by
Gösta Ekman, Tage Danielsson, Hans Alfredson
Starring
Gösta Ekman, Hans Alfredson, Margaretha Krook, Lena Olin, Lena Nyman, Toivo Pawlo, Bernard Cribbins, Wilfrid Brambell
Music
Gunnar Svensson, Eva Möller
Cinematography
Roland Sterner, Tony Forsberg
Runtime
115 min
Country
Sweden
Languages
Russian, German, Italian, Latin, Norwegian, French, Swedish, Finnish, English, Spanish

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