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The Yellow House (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Netherlands ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
73 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2007 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Chris Durlacher

Written By:
Simon Bent

Actors:
Kevin Eldon ..... Jaques
Simon Farnaby ..... Henri
Deborah Findlay ..... Madame Roulin
Scott Handy ..... Theo van Gogh
John Lynch ..... Paul Gauguin
Clive Russell ..... Monsieur Roulin
John Simm ..... Vincent Van Gogh
Sarah Smart ..... Rachel

Synopsis:

For just nine weeks, in late 1888, Van Gogh and Gauguin share a home, The Yellow House, in Arles, southern France. Approaching middle age and still flat broke, both men abandon respectability, family and friends to commit themselves utterly to painting, united by an unshakable belief in the importance of art. They endure what most people would find intolerable - loneliness, insecurity, and the total lack of any financial or worldly comfort. Their last hope is each other, if only they can get along. Gauguin fears Van Gogh is on the brink of a psychological meltdown. Van Gogh claims Gauguin puts too much salt in the stew. They drink, they argue, but most of all they paint together, sharing a ferocious obsession. In this brief period of penniless, fraught obscurity they produce between them over 40 acknowledged masterpieces, with a combined current value of almost a billion pounds. The relationship finally ends in an iconic and bloody climax, when Van Gogh cuts off his own ear. Eighteen months after leaving The Yellow House, Van Gogh shot himself, bleeding to death over several days. Years later, Gauguin died, a syphilitic, in self-imposed exile in Tahiti.

The Yellow House tells the moving human story behind a pair of the most influential and explosive housemates in art history - Vincent Van Gogh (John Simm) and Paul Gauguin (John Lynch). During November and December 1888, Vincent Van Gogh and Paul Gauguin shared a home, 'The Yellow House', in Arles, southern France. Approaching middle age and still flat broke, both men abandon respectability, family and friends to commit themselves utterly to painting. Their last hope is each other - if only they can get along: Gauguin rightly fears Van Gogh is on the brink of a psychological crisis; Van Gogh claims Gauguin puts too much salt in the stew. They drink, they argue, they whore, but most of all, they paint together, sharing this ferocious obsession. During these two months they produce a raft of paintings that are now acknowledged as masterpieces of modern art, but at what personal cost? Can their friendship, the last chance either of them has of any kind of relationship, survive this intensity? This account of the very ordinary lives of two extraordinary men uses drama, humour, and art history to illuminate a critical moment in the story of modern art.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 19 May, 2011.

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