Painted with Words

Directed by Andrew Hutton
2010    80mDocumentary, Drama,
7.9
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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Cast of Painted with Words
  • Benedict CumberbatchVincent Van Gogh
  • Jamie ParkerTheo Van Gogh
  • Aidan McArdlePaul 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
  • Richard TrinderDr. Peyron
  • Jim CreightonFelix Ray
  • Alan YentobSelf - Narrator
  • Vincent van GoghSelf (archive footage)
 
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