A painter's mind fractures—his art becomes beautiful chaos. Genius or madness? You decide.
"I Will Become Sweden's Rembrandt or Die!" - About the life and art of the Swedish painter Ernst Josephson (1851-1906), his many travels in Europe and about the psychological crisis in 1885 which changed Josephson's artistry completely.
Direction
Gunér treats psychological crisis like visual poetry, not pathology.
Cinematography
European locations look like Josephson's own paintings come alive.
Director
Göran Gunér
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Josephson's actual paintings from his institutional years are now considered his most valuable—collectors literally paid millions for madness.
The film's Swedish title directly quotes Josephson's actual diary entry from 1885, written days before his collapse.
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