Engagé pour voler un tableau rare à l'un des peintres les plus énigmatiques de tous les temps, un marchand d'art ambitieux est consumé par sa propre avidité et son manque de confiance lorsqu... Tout lireEngagé pour voler un tableau rare à l'un des peintres les plus énigmatiques de tous les temps, un marchand d'art ambitieux est consumé par sa propre avidité et son manque de confiance lorsque l'opération échappe à tout contrôle.Engagé pour voler un tableau rare à l'un des peintres les plus énigmatiques de tous les temps, un marchand d'art ambitieux est consumé par sa propre avidité et son manque de confiance lorsque l'opération échappe à tout contrôle.
- Récompenses
- 1 victoire et 1 nomination au total
- Spectrum News NY1 Anchor
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- Art Admirer
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Histoire
Le saviez-vous
- AnecdotesThe luggage tag that can be seen on Berenice's suitcase at the beginning of the climactic bathtub and staircase scenes is airport code TCS. This is for a municipal airport in the US state of New Mexico, a real city called Truth or Consequences. This is perfect framing for everything that follows.
- GaffesDebney walks off for his rendezvous with "the widow" without the cane he's been using throughout previous scenes.
- Citations
Jerome Debney: If you are an egg, I hope you'll be careful.
Berenice Hollis: Trust me, I'm anything but an egg.
Jerome Debney: Do you know the saddest egg of all? The egg that believes it's a stone.
- ConnexionsFeatured in On a Darkling Plain: Behind the Burnt Orange Heresy (2019)
Claes Bang is James, an lecturer on art criticism in Milan who we soon see is filled with self-loathing at not being a great artist, or at least the curator of a major museum and an important person in the art world. It seems he was headed in that direction, but his own shady ethics tripped him up. Early in the film, he meets the intriguing Berenice (Elizabeth Debicki) an American on some kind of extended holiday from her small Minnesota town. The two strike up a fling and James invites Berenice to join him on his upcoming visit to the Lake Como home of the filthy rich and very renowned art collector Joseph Cassidy (Mick Jagger). James hopes he might be landing a gig writing about Cassidy's collection, but no, he's given the chance to interview Jerome Debney (Donald Sutherland), the most reclusive famous artist in the world, an opportunity to start his downward career back upward again. All he must do is compromise his already pretty malleable ethics.
First off, this is a very talky film. It does deal with a "caper" of sorts, but it's mostly clever, educated people trying to out-clever each other. The dialogue is rich and witty and sounds nothing like how real people would talk. HOWEVER, it's still a blast to revel for 90 brisk minutes in a world full of people who live in a very distinct, hermetic world. And it's a film that's neatly constructed enough that we have no trouble understanding the plot and the stakes. We have no issues quickly understanding that no one in the film is really showing their true selves (or if they are, their true selves are pretty slimy).
The cast is terrific; they're the best reason to see this film. I very much enjoyed the plot and the dialogue and even the scenery. But these are not characters we'll warm up to immediately, if at all. It takes some great performances to draw the viewer in. Bang (who was terrific in THE SQUARE, another movie in which he plays a person in the highest echelons of art) is great. He's charming and witty, but you can always smell the desperation on him. Debicki is the closest we have to a "heart" in this film, and she may be the character we root for. But there is plenty of mystery about her too, and she is a striking figure. Sutherland is delightful as the reclusive artist, full of a great mix of sliminess and charm. He always seem one step ahead of everyone. Everyone, that is, except Jagger's billionaire. Jagger's character is clearly a "bad guy", but he brings such sting to every insult he casually let's drop from his lips. It may not be the technically greatest performance you'll ever see, but Jagger is clearly so deeply delighted with playing this character, you cannot help but love every minute of his fairly brief appearance.
As the machinations of plot get ever more complex, and the ethical (and criminal) choices made play out, the pace of the film matches. Director Giuseppe Capotondi apparently understands that this thing is so talky that it needs to move fast. He lets us enjoy the actors, but things keep moving. It's too outrageous to allow us much time to think about it. This is a caper/heist film in which the heist is NOT the payoff. It's the build up to it, and the rather unexpected aftermath that are key. I can easily envision a director taking a leisurely approach to this: let's spend lots of time looking at these lovely people and lovely scenery. But Capotondi doesn't waste a minute. And in the end, when the final moments play out, I had a big smile on my face. It all played out just like the tone and characters suggested it might all along.
It's a cerebral thriller, with juicy dialogue and acting. I'm very glad I finally got around to watching it!
- RMurray847
- 14 mars 2022
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Détails
- Date de sortie
- Pays d’origine
- Sites officiels
- Langue
- Aussi connu sous le nom de
- Hérésie
- Lieux de tournage
- Lake Como, Italie(Cassidy's Villa)
- Sociétés de production
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Box-office
- Montant brut aux États-Unis et au Canada
- 144 201 $US
- Week-end de sortie aux États-Unis et au Canada
- 16 163 $US
- 8 mars 2020
- Montant brut mondial
- 711 691 $US
- Durée1 heure 39 minutes
- Couleur
- Rapport de forme
- 2.35 : 1