If you loved Naked Childhood, try Van Gogh
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Both films are directed by Maurice Pialat, and they both carry the outsider mood tag, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Naked Childhood, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Van Gogh is
Viggo Mortensen’s Van Gogh gets institutional release then moves in with the doctor whose daughter he’s supposed to be healing. Posters, not people, get his attention as he paints through the breakdown. A brief affair ends when his brush strokes replace his heartbeats.

