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Van Gogh: Painted with Words
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Van Gogh: Painted with Words

2010
Directed byAndrew Hutton
1h 20m

A drama-documentary presented by Alan Yentob, with Benedict Cumberbatch in the lead role. Every word spoken by the actors in this film is sourced from the letters that Van Gogh sent to his younger brother Theo, and of those around him. What emerges is a complex portrait of a sophisticated, civilised and yet tormented man.

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Benedict CumberbatchVincent Van GoghJamie ParkerTheo Van Gogh
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Aidan McArdle
Paul Gauguin
Christopher GoodTheodorus Van Gogh
Rowena CooperAnna Van Gogh
Daniel WeymanAnthon Van Rappard
Ferdinand KingsleyAlbert Aurier
David BaronBernard Soule
Stephanie JacobMarguerite Crevlin
Katherine KanterJeanne Coulomb
DETAILS
GENRES
DramaDocumentary
STATUSReleased
RATING
7.3

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