Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Douglas Booth | ... | Armand Roulin (voice) | |
Josh Burdett | ... | The Zouave (voice) | |
Holly Earl | ... | La Mousme (voice) | |
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 the artist, Vincent van Gogh, Postman Roulin gets his slacker son, Armand, to hand deliver the artist's final letter written to his now late brother, Theo, 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, 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 whose work and tragedy would only be truly appreciated in the future. Written by Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com)
Most of the focus will be on its incredibly innovative visuals, the entire film is animated oil paintings. The paintings are all in Van Gogh's style are they are a beautiful backdrop that brings incredible life to the film in a way that no other style possible could.
But there is much more to Loving Vincent than the art, it is a riveting story that dives into who Vincent Van Gogh was as a man and the mystery surrounding his death. It unfolds in the same manner as "Citizen Kane" with the posthumous exploration into a person through talking to the people who knew him. It is engrossing with excellent voice work and incredibly smooth animation and movement.