The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting

Name: The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Released: 1978-04-04
Duration: 66 min
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Jean Rougeul, Gabriel Gascon, Raymond Pierson, Jean Reno, Chantal Paley

1978·Drama·1h 6m

7.3

★

Two narrators, one seen and one unseen, discuss possible connections between a series of paintings. The on-screen narrator walks through three-dimensional reproductions of each painting, featuring real people, sometimes moving, in an effort to explain the series' significance.

Directed by Raúl Ruiz

IMDB

N/A

Letterboxd

4.0 / 5

Cast

Jean Rougeul

Collector

Gabriel Gascon

Narrator

Jean Reno

Character of Paintings

Guy Bonnafoux

Character of Paintings

Jean Narboni

Character of Paintings

Vincent Skimenti

Character of Paintings

Carlos Asorey

Character of Paintings

Bruno Guillain

Character of Paintings

Alfred Baillou

Character of Paintings

Crew

Raúl Ruiz

Director

Raúl Ruiz

Writer

Popular Reviews

19 reviews

MopudPRO

10.0★ · 02/07/26

This movie is INSANELY unique. Every discussion had me like, ‘bro what???!?!’. It’s weird in the best possible way, this film is crazy interesting!!!!

Not a mystery of a stolen painting, but a mystery of how we think.