Van Gogh: Painted with Words (2010)

Van Gogh: Painted with Words (2010)

2010-04-05 United Kingdom 80 Min. PG-13
7.5 53 votes

Overview

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.