Van Gogh

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.

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Maurice Pialat directed Van Gogh in 1991. See Maurice Pialat's full filmography, where to start with Maurice Pialat, or where to go after you've seen everything by Maurice Pialat.

Van Gogh was released in 1991 (FR original-language production), with a runtime of 158 minutes.