Ruben Brandt, Collector
Hungary 2018 Dir Milorad Krstic 96 min
A famous psychotherapist is forced to steal art from the world's most renowned museums and private collections in this dazzling Hungarian animation.
Ruben Brandt is forced to steal 13 paintings from the world's most famous collections to prevent the terrible nightmares he has as a result of subliminal messaging he received as a child. He and his band of thieves strike regularly at the Louvre, Tate, Uffizi, Hermitage and Museum of Modern Art.
“The Collector” quickly becomes the most wanted criminal in the world. Gangsters and headhunters chase him around the world while the reward for his capture keeps rising. A cartel of insurance companies entrusts Mike Kowalski, a private detective and leading expert on art theft, to solve the case.
Wed 28 Aug 2019, 18:30
Barbican Cinema 2
“Krstić pushes this common experience to its most hallucinatory and entertaining limit.”
