Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Douglas Booth | ... | Armand Roulin (voice) | |
Josh Burdett | ... | The Zouave (voice) | |
Holly Earl | ... | La Mousme (voice) | |
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Robin Hodges | ... | Lieutenant Milliet (voice) |
Chris O'Dowd | ... | Postman Joseph Roulin (voice) | |
John Sessions | ... | Pere Tanguy (voice) | |
Helen McCrory | ... | Louise Chevalier (voice) | |
Eleanor Tomlinson | ... | Adeline Ravoux (voice) | |
Aidan Turner | ... | The Boatman (voice) | |
Saoirse Ronan | ... | Marguerite Gachet (voice) | |
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Joe Stuckey | ... | Young Man with a Cornflower (voice) |
James Greene | ... | Old Peasant (voice) | |
Martin Herdman | ... | Gendarme Rigaumon (voice) | |
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Bill Thomas | ... | Doctor Mazery (voice) |
Jerome Flynn | ... | Doctor Gachet (voice) |
A year after the death of artist Vincent van Gogh (Robert Gulaczyk), Postman Joseph Roulin Chris O'Dowd) gets his slacker son, Armand (Douglas Booth), to hand deliver the artist's final letter written to his now late brother, Theo (Cezary Lukaszewicz), to some worthy recipient after multiple failed postal delivery attempts. Although disdainful of this seemingly pointless chore, Armand travels to Auvers-sur-Oise where a purported close companion to Vincent, Dr. Gachet (Jerome Flynn), lives. Having to wait until the doctor returns from business, Armand meets many of the people of that village who not only knew Vincent, but were apparently also models and inspirations for his art. In doing so, Armand becomes increasingly fascinated in the psyche and fate of van Gogh as numerous suspicious details fail to add up. However, as Armand digs further, he comes to realize that Vincent's troubled life is as much a matter of interpretation as his paintings, and there are no easy answers for a man ... Written by Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com)
As a Van Gogh fan, I was waiting for so long to see this movie. I thought it would be about his life but it came out to be something different. A postman was asking his son, Armand, to deliver the last letter of Van Gogh written to his brother, Theo. As first I thought it was a piece of the ending such as a flashforward and the story would recommence but it didn't. During the movie I discovered how the death of Van Gogh is as exciting as his life. Although I knew how unfortunate his life was, I didn't know the real reason behind his suicide. We were told he was just a crazy artist. I felt utterly sad to learn that he cared much about his brother and vice versa. The movie, at the beginning, comes very strange as it was taken using paintings of his own impressionist style. However the story comes attractive and you find yourself questioning his death. I would like to congratulate all the artists who contributed to this movie. Great piece of art and nice ending song!