The Burnt Orange Heresy

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The Burnt Orange Heresy

R

2020

1h 39m

Mystery & Thriller

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Charismatic art critic James Figueras and his American lover travel to the lavish Lake Como estate of powerful art collector, Joseph Cassidy. Their host reveals he is the patron of Jerome Debney, the reclusive J.D. Salinger of the art world, and he has a simple request: for James to steal a Debney masterpiece from the artist's studio, whatever the cost.

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Critics Consensus

The Burnt Orange Heresy has a certain stylish charm, even if -- much like the art world it depicts -- it'll strike some viewers as pretentious.

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Tim Robey

Daily Telegraph (UK)

Nov 18, 2020

3/5

It's lively talk, with attractive performances, but you can't help wondering when the thriller end of the bargain is meant to kick in.

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Stephen A. Russell

Time Out

Nov 5, 2020

2/5

Bang is weirdly listless, and the early spark of passion between him and Debicki gets lost in a muddle of pretentious chatter that lacks the bite to sell itself as consciously self-satirising

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Kevin Maher

The Times (UK)

Nov 2, 2020

1/5

You know that your movie is in trouble when an elfin Mick Jagger pops up as a powerful art dealer and promptly steals the show.

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Geoffrey Macnab

iNews.co.uk

Jan 16, 2025

3/5

Bang and Debicki are excellent as the dissembling, ill-starred lovers and Sutherland brings gravity and pathos to his cameo as the old magus.

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M.N. Miller

Ready Steady Cut

Aug 27, 2022

2.5/5

The Burnt Orange Heresy is a dull, briefly brutal, and uneven adaptation of a Willeford novel.

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Alex Behan

The Post NZ

Jun 4, 2021

There's real tension from the first scene and the chemistry between the two leads is terrific.

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Ed R

Aug 28, 2020

It’s not a perfect film, but it’s entertaining, with four superb performances, and beautiful scenery, plus it was great to be back in a movie theater after 6 months!

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Angela V

Aug 13, 2020

The storyline was interesting but the ending sucked. I expected a better outcome

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william b

Aug 7, 2020

interesting story, well acted

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Peter G

Mar 14, 2020

Superb story. Superb acting. Gripping.

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Mickey B

@Mickerdoo Oct 1, 2026

Sutherland and Debicki are quite good. But ultimately I yearn for a more tangled web and bigger payoff from the genre.

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Lily L

@RT22303887 Aug 5, 2024

A major waste of the late Donald Sutherland. Production decisions were made and they were bad. I’m not sure anyone who had a hand in making this film has been near the art world. It’s a bunch of cliches strung together by pretty locations and lacklustre performances. Give it a miss.

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Synopsis

Charismatic art critic James Figueras and his American lover travel to the lavish Lake Como estate of powerful art collector, Joseph Cassidy. Their host reveals he is the patron of Jerome Debney, the reclusive J.D. Salinger of the art world, and he has a simple request: for James to steal a Debney masterpiece from the artist's studio, whatever the cost.

Director: Giuseppe Capotondi
Producer: David Zander, William Horberg, David Lancaster
Screenwriter: Scott B. Smith
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Production Co: Indiana Production Company, Rumble Films
Rating: R (Language|Drug Use|Some Sexual Content/Nudity|Violence)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 6, 2020, Limited
Rerelease Date (Theaters): Aug 7, 2020
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 6, 2020
Box Office (Gross USA): $143.8K
Runtime: 1h 39m

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