Van Gogh

Director: Maurice Pialat Maurice Pialat

Overview

Running nearly three hours, Maurice Pialat's Van Gogh is a leisurely paced look at the famous painter's final year. Pialat's portrait differs from many other films in that he shows Van Gogh (Jacques Dutronc) as being reasonably sane and he focuses on the everyday events of the painter's life and art.

Product Details

Release Date:	07/12/2016
UPC:	0741952817499
Original Release:	1991
Source:	Cohen Media Group
Time:	2:39:00
Sales rank:	45,378

Special Features

Interview with actor Jacques Dutronc; Interview with actor Bernard Le Coq; Interview with cinematographer Emmanuel Machuel; Interview with director Xavier Giannoli; Deleted scenes; Original trailer; Re-release trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Jacques Dutronc	Vincent Van Gogh
Alexandra London	Marguerite Gachet
Gerard Sety	Gachet
Bernard Le Coq	Theo Van Gogh
Corinne Bourdon	Jo
Elsa Zylberstein	Cathy
Leslie Azzoulai	Adeline Ravoux
Jacques Vidal	Ravoux
Lisa Lamétrie	Madame Ravoux
Claudine Ducret	Piano teacher
Chantal Barbarit	Madame Chevalier
Gilbert Pignol	Gilbert
Julien Haurant	Coco
Jean-Marc Bouget	Aurier
Frederic Bonpart	La Mouche
Maurice Coussonneau	Chaponval
André Bernot	La butte rouge
Didier Barbier	The idiot
Patrick Lecroc	Monsieur Henri
Sylvie Mathias	Suzanne V.
Edith Vesperini	Une fille
Arlette Walsque	Une fille
Virginie Bergeret	Une fille

Technical Credits

Maurice Pialat

Maurice Pialat	Director,Songwriter,Screenwriter
André Bernot	Score Composer
Jean-Marc Bouget	Score Composer
Yan Dedet	Editor
Daniel Toscan du Plantier	Producer
Jean-Pierre Duret	Sound/Sound Designer
Jacques Dutronc	Score Composer
Nathalie Hubert	Editor
Emmanuel Machuel	Cinematographer
Philippe Pallut	Production Designer
Philippe Reverdy	Score Composer
Edith Vesperini	Costumes/Costume Designer
Katia Wyszkop	Production Designer

Editorial Reviews

French director Maurice Pialat takes an unromantic, unapologetic view of the last two months in the life of famous painter Vincent Van Gogh. While other cinematic depictions of the tragic end of Van Gogh's life have emphasized his mental instability or offered various psychological theories for his suicidal impulses, Pialat's drama is matter-of-fact. Jacques Dutronc shows the artist to be a witty, fatalistic genius. It's an antidote to the excessive melodrama of portrayals such as the classic Hollywood treatment in 1956's Lust for Life, but it will not satisfy those viewers who want easy answers. Pialat is a veteran French filmmaker known for his realism; as in many of Pialat's films, the character portrayal here is more important than the plot.

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