Picasso's Gang
| Picasso's Gang | |
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| Directed by | Fernando Colomo |
La banda Piccaso is a 2012 Spanish directed by Fernando Colomo. A thriller film, it centers on Picasso and other real life painters in Paris in the early 1910s[1][2][3], 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.[4]
Cast
[edit]- 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
[edit]Variety called the film ”a lively period piece about a footnote in the titular artist's life”.[5]
Accolades
[edit]Nominated at the XXVII edición de los Premios Goya in two categories.
See also
[edit]Two other films about the 1911 theft of the Mona Lisa:
References
[edit]- ^ Art, Istanbul Museum of Modern. "PICASSO'S GANG". www.istanbulmodern.org. Retrieved 2024-12-26.
- ^ "La banda Picasso". Fotogramas (in European Spanish). 2012-11-19. Retrieved 2024-12-26.
- ^ "Picasso's Life Inspires Two Films (Published 2012)". 2012-08-18. Archived from the original on 2024-12-05. Retrieved 2024-12-26.
- ^ "Ciclo de cine. La banda Picasso". Centro Botin (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2024-12-26.
- ^ Holland, Jonathan (2013-02-05). "Picasso's Gang". Variety. Retrieved 2024-12-26.