Van Gogh
Maurice Pialat
On the advice of his brother Théo, Vincent Van Gogh goes to Dr. Gachet in Auvers-sur-Oise, having already had his attacks and confinement in Saint Rémy de Provence. Vincent paints the portrait of Marguerite, the doctor's daughter, who becomes his mistress. Unable to sell his paintings, unhappy to be dependent on his brother, he nonetheless tirelessly continues his work.
With : Jacques Dutronc, Alexandra London, Gérard Sety, Bernard Le Coq, Corine Bourdon, Elsa Zylberstein, Leslie Azzoulai, Jacques Vidal, Chantal Barbarit, Claudine Ducret
Screenplay : Maurice Pialat
Image : Emmanuel Machuel, Gilles Henry
Sound : Jean-Pierre Duret
Music : Chansons d'époque et musiques créées par Maurice Pialat, Bernard Lecoq, Jacques Dutronc
Editing : Yann Dedet, Nathalie Hubert
Decors : Philippe Pallut, Katia Vischkof
Screenplay : Maurice Pialat
Image : Emmanuel Machuel, Gilles Henry
Sound : Jean-Pierre Duret
Music : Chansons d'époque et musiques créées par Maurice Pialat, Bernard Lecoq, Jacques Dutronc
Editing : Yann Dedet, Nathalie Hubert
Decors : Philippe Pallut, Katia Vischkof
Production : Erato Films, Studio Canal , Films A2, Les Films du Livradois
Distribution: Gaumont
Distribution: Gaumont
After having begun his career after the war as a painter, and almost thirty years after having filmed a short documentary about Van Gogh, Maurice Pialat devoted a feature-length film to the artist. "When the film begins, Van Gogh is unknown, he doesn't know he's Van Gogh, nor that he has only three months to live and 100 paintings to paint, each a masterpiece. One doesn't paint a hundred masterpieces in a state of depression. Van Gogh died to have glimpsed happiness." (M. Pialat) In Van Gogh, Pialat dispels the painter's "sacred story" and rejects the overworked clichés to reflect on art. "Despite the liberties I took, I think that I came closer, in fact, to the truth and to authenticity than all of the authorised biographies." (M. Pialat)