By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Benjamin Ree
Country: norway
Year: 2020
Running time: 102
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11296058/reference
Chris says: “In Oslo, an artist contacts a man convicted of stealing her painting from a gallery; from there, an unlikely, slow-building friendship develops between these two very different souls. As it makes unexpected leaps backwards and forwards in time, Benjamin Ree’s documentary captures the stumbled-upon nature of this relationship while also maximizing the emotional beats and leaps of faith of a narrative that’s steeped in redemption and reinvention. The degree to which Rees manipulates this narrative is questionable, but the end result is totally convincing in showing what we’re capable of when we open up to another person. 4 cats