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The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting

1978 · 66 min

A slow, hypnotic puzzle that treats art interpretation as an eerie hall of mirrors, leaving you unsettled and quietly amused.

Directed by: Raúl Ruiz
Genres: Drama, Mystery
Starring: Jean Rougeul, Gabriel Gascon, Raymond Pierson

Overview: Two narrators, one seen and one unseen, discuss possible connections between a series of paintings. The on-screen narrator walks through three-dimensional reproductions of each painting, featuring real people, sometimes moving, in an effort to explain the series' significance.

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Directed by: Raúl Ruiz
Genres: Drama, Mystery
Starring: Jean Rougeul, Gabriel Gascon, Raymond Pierson

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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: obsession
mystery
art
deception
power
Places: single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: mockumentary
unreliable narrator
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Horror	2
Humour	4
Realism	5
Romance	2
Tension	4
Darkness	5
Complexity	9
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: drama, mystery
Directed by: Raúl Ruiz
Written by: Raúl Ruiz, Pierre Klossowski
Starring: Jean Rougeul, Gabriel Gascon, Raymond Pierson, Jean Reno, Chantal Paley, Jean Raynaud, Daniel Grimm, Isidro Romero
Music: Jorge Arriagada
Cinematography: Sacha Vierny
Runtime: 66 min
Country: France
Languages: French

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