Van Gogh
(Maurice Pialat, 1991)
A year after Vincent and Theothe homonymous film of the artist led by the French filmmaker Maurice Pialat and starring Jacques Dutrnc was released. The film earned the director La Palme d'Or at the Cannes Festival and the actor a César award in the category of best actor.
Van Gogh is starring Jacques Dutrnc And it is closer to the final period of the life of the Dutch artist. In it the last 67 days of the artist's life are portrayed, when the painter traveled to Auvers-Sur-Oise To rest and deal with Dr. Gachet.
The plot shows a Vincent van Gogh In an intense pictorial activity in the midst of a nervous breakdown, while falling in love with Marguerite, Gachet's young daughter. The film focuses on the mental and emotional situation of Van Goghleaving his career as an artist in the background.
Lust for Life
(VINCENTE MINNELLI, 1956)
Based on the novel Lust for Life Published in 1934, the film portrays the life of the famous painter From his youth immersed in religion, to his first contacts with art and the intense relationship he lived with his great friend, the painter Gauguin. The crazy red hair, Known in Latin America, it is starring the legend of the cinema of the twentieth century, Kirk Douglas, and by Mexican actor Anthony Quinn, who won an Oscar award for Best Distributed Actor for his performance as Gauguin.