Van Gogh

00:00:03 This film attempts to retrace

00:00:12 The genius and importance

00:00:33 in his attempt to reach the absolute truth he glimpsed.

00:01:49 The cold weighs down on the swampy plain.

00:02:19 A man knocks on the door

00:02:29 He was a preacher

00:02:42 that he discovered himself to be a painter.

00:03:46 He observed objects and people intently

00:04:11 Other horizons called out to him.

00:04:35 An immense city

00:05:21 and some new books to read.

00:06:11 a new kind of art.

00:06:46 of a different light.

00:07:16 This time it was no dream, no Japanese print.

00:08:32 The colors vibrated in the overheated air.

00:09:21 Sometimes neighbors or friends

00:10:05 One day, Van Gogh felt the true appearance of things suddenly escape him.

00:11:40 A garden surrounded by walls

00:12:04 even if only the hospital rooms.

00:13:26 and they open the doors of the asylum.

00:13:53 The world turns so quickly, how can I capture it?

00:15:06 frozen with vertigo.

00:15:42 To finally be able to give in to this long-sought peace

00:16:49 in the middle of a field, in front of his easel