The Painter and the Thief
When
Occurs on
Wednesday February 10 2021
Approximate running time: 1 hour and 42 minutes
Venue
Performance Notes
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Following Yukon Government COVID guidelines, large sections of the YAC theatre will be blocked off to ensure safe social distancing, and you are not able to select your own seating, to maximize our restricted seating capacity. Masks are mandatory for all patrons. We are also only able to provide advance ticket sales for this performance. THERE WILL BE NO WALK UP / RUSH TICKETS AVAILABLE.
If you are sick or exhibiting any symptoms of COVID-19, please stay home. DO NOT attend the performance if you are ill.
Desperate for answers about the theft of her 2 paintings, a Czech artist seeks out and befriends the career criminal who stole them. After inviting her thief to sit for a portrait, the two form an improbable relationship and an inextricable bond that will forever link these lonely souls.
“Filmed over three years and full of twists and turns, Benjamin Ree’s documentary skilfully plays with chronology and perspectives to build an edge-of-your-seat narrative worthy of the best fiction scripts. Constantly challenging our perceptions, his psychological study of this vulnerable and compelling duo shows that sometimes the complexity of human nature can only be grasped through art.” Charlotte Selb, Hot Docs
In English and Norwegian with English subtitles
Dir. Benjamin Ree, Norway, 2020, 102min.
Fascinating, confounding and continually surprising. – Wendy Ide, The Observer UK
If you are sick or exhibiting any symptoms of COVID-19, please stay home. DO NOT attend the performance if you are ill.
Desperate for answers about the theft of her 2 paintings, a Czech artist seeks out and befriends the career criminal who stole them. After inviting her thief to sit for a portrait, the two form an improbable relationship and an inextricable bond that will forever link these lonely souls.
“Filmed over three years and full of twists and turns, Benjamin Ree’s documentary skilfully plays with chronology and perspectives to build an edge-of-your-seat narrative worthy of the best fiction scripts. Constantly challenging our perceptions, his psychological study of this vulnerable and compelling duo shows that sometimes the complexity of human nature can only be grasped through art.” Charlotte Selb, Hot Docs
In English and Norwegian with English subtitles
Dir. Benjamin Ree, Norway, 2020, 102min.
Fascinating, confounding and continually surprising. – Wendy Ide, The Observer UK