Van Gogh

Synopsis: Van Gogh has arrived at Auvers-sur-Oise to come under the care of Dr. Gachet for his nervous agitation. Soon after the arrival of Vincent’s brother Théo and his wife, plein air portraiture and conviviality give way to the more crepuscular moods of brothels and cabarets, and the painter’s anguished existence, tossing between money worries and an impassioned relationship with the doctor’s teenage daughter, finally meets its terminal scene. With its loosely factual and wholly inspired treatment of the last period of Van Gogh’s life, Maurice Pialat’s film applies an impressionist touch to the biographical picture, indeed, the filmmaker was himself an accomplished painter, and the personal resonance of the subject matter results in an epic, major late work.
Series: Masters of Cinema
Language: French (Standard)
Country: France
Year of production: 1991
Notes: With English subtitles.
Subjects: Art; French studies
Keywords: painters; painting; Van Gogh, Vincent

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