AUCTION/LE TABLEAU VOLÉ (Pascal Bonitzer 2023)

This tale of an Egon Schiele painting lost since the Nazis seized it in the late 1930's, found in the rural French town of Mulhouse, was complex and suspenseful enough for a TV series, but the experienced writer-director Pascal Bonitzer has woven it into a feature that sparkles, charms, and excites.

Screened for this review as part of the Rendez-Vous with French Cinema at Lincoln Center, New York (Feb. 29-Mar. 10, 2024. Showtimes:
Friday, March 1 at 9:00pm (Q&A with Pascal Bonitzer)
Sunday, March 10 at 6:30pm