--- title: 'The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting (1979)' type: 'film' director: 'Raúl Ruiz' released: '1979-01-01' runtime_minutes: 66 genres: - 'Drama' countries: - 'France' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-hypothesis-of-the-stolen-painting-1979' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077707/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting (1979) 1979 · 66 min · Drama · France Original title: L'Hypothèse du tableau volé ## Synopsis The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting is a 1978 French drama film directed by Chilean filmmaker Raúl Ruiz and shot by cinematographer Sacha Vierny. The film was inspired by the themes of French writer Pierre Klossowski and makes references to many of Klossowski's works including The Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, The Baphomet and “La Judith de Frédérique Tonnerre.” Ruiz was originally commissioned by a French TV network to make an arts documentary on Klossowski, but what emerged is this film, a parody of the art documentary. The film was featured in film festivals after its release such as the London Film Festival in 1979. Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting has been noted as one of Ruiz's masterpieces that challenges the boundaries of cinema and film theory. ## Credits - **Director:** [Raúl Ruiz](https://cinepixo.com/people/raul-ruiz) - **Screenplay:** [Raúl Ruiz](https://cinepixo.com/people/raul-ruiz) - **Original Music Composer:** [Jorge Arriagada](https://cinepixo.com/people/jorge-arriagada) - **Director of Photography:** [Sacha Vierny](https://cinepixo.com/people/sacha-vierny) ## Cast - [Jean Rougeul](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-rougeul) - [Jean Reno](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-reno) - [Gabriel Gascon](https://cinepixo.com/people/gabriel-gascon) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-hypothesis-of-the-stolen-painting-1979 Film facts: Wikidata (Q3203898); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.