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I dont mean to besmirch the spiritual connection between Barbora Kysilkova and Karl-Bertil Nordland with unwelcome carnality.

Karl-Bertil Nordland and Barbora Kysilkova in The Painter and the Thief

There was no way I could see the thief in this guy.

I just saw purely, like, a naked soul.

As the film goes along, however, it starts to feel essential to the pairs continuing coexistence.

They fit together like puzzle pieces that have been dinged but not fatally damaged.

Ree unfolds this strange but true story using some techniques more often seen in scripted fare.