Covering much the same biographical ground as Robert Altman's acclaimed VINCENT & THEO, French director Maurice Pialat tackles the last two months of the artist's life in a mood of bemused contemplation.
The film begins with the arrival of Vincent (Jacques Dutronc) in Auvers, France, to be cared for by Dr. Gachet (Gerard Sety) for supposed epileptic fits and headaches. Gachet finds nothing physically wrong with him, but Vincent stays on in the town anyway to do some painting, first at the local hotel then, after his money runs out, moving in with Gachet and his precocious teenage daughter Marguerite (Alexandra London). Each morning Vincent rises with the farm wor...
Released:
1991
Rated:
R
Length:
175 mins