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* CrowdSong: PlayedForLaughs as everything else, when all people present at a Montmartre café tune in on a Theatre/LaBoheme part, followed by a panning upwards, faking an AstronomicZoom outwards to cover ''the entire planet'' [[UpToEleven tuning in on it]]...

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* CrowdSong: PlayedForLaughs as everything else, when all people present at a Montmartre café tune in on a Theatre/LaBoheme part, followed by a panning upwards, faking an AstronomicZoom outwards to cover ''the entire planet'' [[UpToEleven tuning in on it]]...it...
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* SpicyLatina: Picasso's mother, Doña María, and, to a lesser extent, his early romance Dolores, despite being played by [[FakeNationality Swedish actresses]] Margaretha Krook and Lena Olin, respectively.

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* SpicyLatina: Picasso's mother, Doña María, and, to plays up the "temperamental Hispanic woman" stereotype. His first LoveInterest Dolores is a lesser extent, his early romance Dolores, despite being little more subdued. They are played by [[FakeNationality Swedish actresses]] Margaretha Krook and Lena Olin, respectively.
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* GainaxEnding: The ending scene is pretty bizarre. [[spoiler: It's even unclear whether Picasso dies or not.]]

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* GainaxEnding: The ending scene is pretty bizarre. [[spoiler: It's even unclear whether just as surreal as the rest of the movie. [[spoiler:Tired of his celebrity status, Picasso dies or not.]]fakes his own death by sculpting a wax figure looking like his corpse and placing it in his bed. After he's publicly declared dead, he climbs out from under the bed, says goodbye to his paintings, which come to life and wave goodbye back to him, and he sinks into the wall.]] Roll credits.

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* AttentionWhore: Sirkka the cabaret singer loves to be the center of attention, interrupting other people's activities with her song "Kalakukko".



* {{Biopic}}: A parody of the genre.

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* {{Biopic}}: A parody of the genre. The film loosely follows Picasso's life story, but peppers it with absurd, surreal comedy scenes.



%% zero-context example/weblinks are not examples * EarWorm: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgt4A2XNzDg The Kalakukko song]]. Treated like that in-universe too.

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%% zero-context example/weblinks are not examples * EarWorm: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgt4A2XNzDg The Kalakukko song]]. Treated like "Kalakukko" song]], sung by the Finnish cabaret singer Sirkka, has an extermely catchy tune that in-universe too.Picasso initially loves, but he eventually gets pretty annoyed by it when she would not stop singing it.



* FatAndSkinny: Two background extras who appear together in many scenes.
* TheFunInFuneral: Don José's funeral.

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* FatAndSkinny: Two There is a duo of background extras extras, one enormous and one tiny, who appear together in many scenes.
scenes, always playing different characters.
* TheFunInFuneral: Don José's funeral.funeral gets pretty awkward as he gets rigor mortis when he's sitting up, meaning they need an unusually tall coffin for him. It's still too short and he keeps pushing up the coffin's lid with his head, making any weight they put on it fly at the mourning masses. Then he is revealed to be [[DisneyDeath alive all along]].



* HotBlooded: Picasso's mother, appropriately for a Spanish lady.
* IdenticalGrandson: [[spoiler: Dolores and her granddaughter.]]
* InteractiveNarrator: Near the end, the Narrator directly asks questions from Picasso.

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* HotBlooded: Picasso's mother, appropriately for a Spanish lady.
lady, can lose her temper any minute.
* IdenticalGrandson: [[spoiler: Dolores and her granddaughter.]]
granddaughter are played by the same acress, Lena Olin. Dolores's granddaughter becomes a DoppelgangerReplacementLoveInterest to Picasso]].
* InteractiveNarrator: Near the end, the Narrator directly asks questions from Picasso.Picasso regarding whether he's happy with his life.



* SadistTeacher: The art teacher at the Academy.

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* SadistTeacher: The art teacher at the Academy.Academy abuses his students, giving them an absurdly short time to finish a drawing and then hitting them when they fail to finish it.



* SurrealHumor

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* SurrealHumorSurrealHumor: The film thrives on it, from the sideways-running train to the [[ToiletHumor farting ballet]].
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* EarWorm: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgt4A2XNzDg The Kalakukko song]]. Treated like that in-universe too.

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%% zero-context example/weblinks are not examples * EarWorm: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgt4A2XNzDg The Kalakukko song]]. Treated like that in-universe too.
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* EccentricArtist: Most of the characters are artists (painters, poets, singers and ballet dancers), and pretty much everyone is a CloudcuckooLander.
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* CrosscastRole: Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas are played by the British comedians Creator/BernardCribbins and Wilfrid Brambell, respectively.

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* CrosscastRole: Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas are played by the British comedians Creator/BernardCribbins and Wilfrid Brambell, Creator/WilfridBrambell, respectively.
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* MayDecemberRomance: Picasso, at an old age, falls in love [[spoiler: with the granddaughter of Dolores]].
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* ShoutOut: The British National Anthem is sung with the following lyrics:
--> God save our gracious King,
--> God save our noble Kong,
--> God save Film/KingKong!
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'''''Picassos äventyr''''' (''The Adventures of Picasso'') is a [[MindScrew surreal]] [[UsefulNotes/{{Sweden}} Swedish]] comedy from 1978 [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory loosely based on]] the life of Creator/PabloPicasso. It was written by the comedy duo "Hasse Och Tage" (Hans Alfredsson and Tage Danielsson) (directed by the latter), and stars Gösta Ekman in the title role.

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'''''Picassos äventyr''''' ''Picassos äventyr'' (''The Adventures of Picasso'') is a [[MindScrew surreal]] [[UsefulNotes/{{Sweden}} Swedish]] comedy from 1978 [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory loosely based on]] the life of Creator/PabloPicasso. It was written by the comedy duo "Hasse Och Tage" (Hans Alfredsson and Tage Danielsson) (directed by the latter), and stars Gösta Ekman in the title role.



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* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: Apart from the Swedish that the narrator speaks and the occasional English sentence, the characters speak pretty much random words and sentences in their respective languages. The French landlady says "Sacre coeur" ("sacred heart") instead of goodbye, and the Finnish cabaret singer performs a seductive song about baking Kalakukko (a traditional Finnish fish-bread).
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* EiffelTowerEffect: Combined with the CaliforniaDoubling: a different landmark appears over the ''very same'' scenery to show which city the characters are in.

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* EiffelTowerEffect: Combined with the CaliforniaDoubling: the Swedish town Tomelilla doubles for Madrid, Paris, London, and New York, among other places, and a different landmark appears over the ''very same'' scenery to show which city the characters are in.
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* CaliforniaDoubling: The Swedish town Tomelilla doubles for Madrid, Paris, [[DoublingForLondon London]], and New York, among other places. In fact, there's one shot in every city that shows the same street from the same angle as a sort of LampshadeHanging.
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* CrowdSong: PlayedForLaughs as everything else, when all people present at a Montmartre café tune in on a Theatre/LaBoheme part, followed by a panning upwards, faking an AstronomicZoom outwards to cover ''the entire planet'' [[UpToEleven tuning in on it]]...
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* Slapstick: Poor Pablo is rather accident-prone.

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* Slapstick: {{Slapstick}}: Poor Pablo is rather accident-prone.
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* Slapstick: Poor Pablo is rather accident-prone.
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* ChildProdigy: The young Pablo, kneading a bust out of dough.

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* ChildProdigy: The young Pablo, kneading a bust out of dough.mashed potatoes.

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