2020 · mystery · thriller · crime
The Burnt Orange Heresy
Directed by Giuseppe Capotondi1h 39m2020
Hired to steal a rare painting from one of the most enigmatic painters of all time, an ambitious art dealer becomes consumed by his own greed and insecurity as the operation spins out of control.
Our read: The Burnt Orange Heresy (2020) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded mystery · thriller · crime entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured mystery / thriller, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- sombre
- bleak
- cold
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