Directed by:
Maurice PialatScreenplay:
Maurice PialatCast:
Jacques Dutronc, Alexandra London, Bernard Le Coq, Elsa Zylberstein, Gérard Séty, Frédéric Bonpart, Lise Lamétrie, Edith Vesperini, Maurice CoussonneauVOD (1)
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Van Gogh, depicted by the remarkable actor/songwriter-singer Jacques Dutronc, has arrived at Auvers-sur-Oise to come under the care of Dr. Gachet (Gérard Séty) for his nervous agitation. Soon after the arrival of Vincent's brother Théo (Bernard Le Coq) 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, 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. (Eureka Entertainment)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
César Awards
- 1992 - Jacques Dutronc (Best Actor)
- 1992 - Best Film
- 1992 - Maurice Pialat (Best Director)
- 1992 - Bernard Le Coq (Best Supporting Actor)
- 1992 - Gérard Séty (Best Supporting Actor)
- 1992 - Elsa Zylberstein (Most Promising Actress)
- 1992 - Alexandra London (Most Promising Actress)
- 1992 - Maurice Pialat (Best Screenplay, Original or Adaptation)
- 1992 - Best Sound
- 1992 - Emmanuel Machuel, Gilles Henry (Best Cinematography)
- 1992 - Best Costume Design
- 1992 - Best Production Design
Cannes Film Festival
- 1991 - Maurice Pialat (Golden Palm - Official Competition)