Benjamin Ree's emotionally gripping documentary 'The Painter and the Thief' chronicles the course of an unexpectedly beautiful friendship.
Early on in “The Painter and the Thief,” a sweepingly emotional new documentary from Norway, the title characters meet for a momentous unveiling. The painter is Barbora Kysilkova. The thief — and the subject of the artwork in question — is Karl-Bertil Nordland, who takes one look at his likeness and descends into loud, convulsive sobs.
And so she did, envisioning him first as an elegant gentleman holding a glass of red wine. It’s this painting that makes Nordland weep when he sees it, perhaps because it suggests a version of himself he once yearned to be. Soon that idealized veneer will be stripped away; a later painting reveals Nordland’s tougher but more vulnerable self, his muscular chest covered with tattoos . The paintings are remarkable.
Either way, like any good artist, Ree means to complicate our immediate perceptions and assumptions of both his subjects. Nordland’s history of crime and substance abuse turns out to be rooted in childhood neglect, but his various passions and achievements — among them an excellent education, a talent for mentorship and a love for traditional carpentry — don’t always fit an obvious profile.
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