Ruben Brandt, Collector
AroView: Brilliantly animated crime drama following four thieves who attempt to steal the legendary artworks that are inspiring the nightmares of their psychotherapist. A deliciously intellectual and stylish heist film.
Synopsis: Ruben Brandt, a famous psychotherapist, is forced to steal 13 paintings from the world’s renowned museums and private collections to prevent his suffering from terrible nightmares he has as a result of subliminal messaging he received as a child. Accompanied by his four patients, he and his band of thieves strike regularly and with great success: the Louvre, Tate, Uffizi, Hermitage, the Museum of Modern Art. They quickly become the most wanted criminals in the world, headhunted by gangsters and insurance companies alike as their bounty approaches a hundred million dollars.
“This is a film which fizzes with originality, one which works both as a pacey thriller and a playfully surreal intellectual exercise.” ~ Screen Daily.