Loving Vincent

July 27, 1890, a small French town of Auvergne. A thin man walks down the street, holding his hands to a very recent bullet wound in the stomach, from which a lot of blood flows. This person was the exiled artist Vincent van Gogh, who was not known to many at that time. He was humiliated, called an abnormal psycho. This death was shrouded in mystery until a certain time. A year later, the poor son of postman Joseph Rulin, named Armand, must find a worthy person to whom the artist's last letter can be given (it was intended for his brother, but he also died). Armand wants to find Vincent's close friend Dr. Gachet in Auvers. While waiting for the return of the latter, the postman gets to know many people who not only knew van Gogh, but also appeared in his paintings. The life of this genius was as ambiguous as his paintings. Read more The cartoon is the world's first full-length project created entirely from oil paintings. The film was directed by Dorota Kobela and Hugh Welshman. If Dorota was previously only a screenwriter for the film "Enchanted Country" (2011), then Hugh became an Oscar winner as a producer for "Best Animated Short Film" "Peter and the Wolf" (2007). The roles in the film were voiced by: Douglas Booth ("Worrying for Boy" (2010), "Christopher and His Kind" (2011), "Romeo and Juliet" (2013)), Chris O'Dowd ("Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel" (2009), "Calvary" (2013), "Of Mice and Men" (2014)), Aidan Turner (franchise "The Hobbit", TV series "Poldark", "Being Human"). The film premiered on June 12, 2017 at the International Animation Festival in Annecy, France. Film critics at http://www.metacritic.com gave the cartoon a score of 62/100, and https://www.rottentomatoes.com has 78% positive reviews (70/90).