Review of The Painter and the Thief (2020) by Joe Morgenstern for Wall Street Journal — 21 May 2020
The oddity of the crime lay in the value of the art — relatively low, except to the artist, a young Czech woman who was neither famous nor rich. The beauty of the film lies in the bond she forges with one of the thieves after they’re found by police and sentenced to 75 days in prison.
Questions of identity haunt both the victim and the perp — not their names or addresses, but who they are in the farthest reaches of their psyches, and who they may become.
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This review of The Painter and the Thief (2020) was written by Joe Morgenstern and published by Wall Street Journal on 21 May 2020.
The Painter and the Thief has generally received very positive reviews.
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