Picasso's Gang
2012 Spanish film
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La banda Piccaso is a 2012 Spanish film directed by Fernando Colomo. A thriller film, it centers on Picasso and other real life painters in Paris in the early 1910s,[2][1] the film being a depiction of real events associated with the 1911 robbery of the Mona Lisa and the fact that the French police suspected the involvement of the Spanish painter.[3]
Directed byFernando Colomo
Screenplay byFernando Colomo
Starring
- Ignacio Mateos
- Pierre Bénézit
- Jordi Vilches
- Lionel Abelanski
- Raphäelle Agogué
- Louise Monot
CinematographyJose Luis Alcaine
| Picasso's Gang | |
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| Directed by | Fernando Colomo |
| Screenplay by | Fernando Colomo |
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| Cinematography | Jose Luis Alcaine |
| Edited by | Maria Lara Antonio Lara |
| Music by | Juan Bardem |
Production company | Colomo P.C. |
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| Country | Spain |
| Languages | French Spanish[1] English[1] |
Cast
- Ignacio Mateos: Pablo Picasso
- Pierre Bénézit: Guillaume Apollinaire
- Jordi Vilches: Manolo Hugué
- Lionel Abelanski: Max Jacob
- Raphäelle Agogué: Fernande Olivier
- Louise Monot: Marie Laurencin
- Alexis Michalik: Géry Pieret (Le Baron)
- Stanley Weber: Georges Braque
- Thomas Jouannet: Henri-Pierre Roché
- Cristina Toma: Gertrude Stein
- David Coburn: Leo Stein
- Eszter Tompa: Alice B.Toklas
Reception
A critic from Fotogramas rated the film three out of five stars.[4] A critic from Variety called the film ”a lively period piece about a footnote in the titular artist's life”.[5]
Accolades
Nominated at the XXVII edición de los Premios Goya in two categories.
See also
Two other films about the 1911 theft of the Mona Lisa: