Completed - GERMAN - Documentary, Art - Culture - 94 minutes
Docufiction: Actor Ben Becker impersonates the famous painter Albert Oehlen struggling with a painting and the meaning of his creation.
Year of production : 2021 Director(s) : Oliver HIRSCHBIEGE Writer(s) : Ben BECKER, Albert OEHLEN Cast : Ben BECKER, Cornelius TITTEL, Gudrun GUT Producer(s) : Oliver HIRSCHBIEGEL, Albert OEHLEN
THE PAINTER follows the artist/actor as he is struggling and suffering along this process with us watching in joyful despair and what might happen next until the white canvas has turned into a finished painting. The outcome is a one-man rollercoaster that appears to be a documentary but in fact is a staged and guided improvisation with the ‘real’ process happening behind the camera. THE PAINTER is a constant flow of the artist’s journey with elements of farce and comedy topped with emotional moments of truth….in front of and behind the camera and leaving it up to us to decide what is real and/or authentic.
Country(ies) : GERMANY
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