Van Gogh: Painted with Words
Release Date: 2010-04-05
Rating : 7.3/10
Duration : 80 minutes
Genres : Drama, Documentary
Director : Andrew Hutton
Writer : Vincent van Gogh, Theo van Gogh
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.
Cast
Benedict Cumberbatch
Jamie Parker
Aidan McArdle
Christopher Good
Rowena Cooper
Daniel Weyman