"A Grain of Madness is the Best of Art"

2018

1h 51m

7.0(1488 votes)

Drama

Overview

Famed but tormented artist Vincent van Gogh spends his final years in Arles, France, painting masterworks of the natural world that surrounds him.

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37 members

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Willem Dafoe

Vincent van Gogh

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Rupert Friend

Theo van Gogh

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Oscar Isaac

Paul Gauguin

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Mads Mikkelsen

The Priest

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Mathieu Amalric

Dr. Paul Gachet

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Emmanuelle Seigner

Madame Ginoux

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Niels Arestrup

Madman

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Anne Consigny

Teacher

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Amira Casar

Johanna van Gogh-Bonger

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Vincent Perez

The Director

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Lolita Chammah

Girl on the Road

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Stella Schnabel

Gaby

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Alexis Michalik

Artists Tambourin

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Vladimir Consigny

Doctor Felix Ray

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Arthur Jacquin

René

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Solal Forte

Gaston

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Vincent Grass

Café Owner

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Clément Lhuaire

Emile Bernard

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Alan Aubert-Carlin

Albert Aurier / Painter

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Laurent Bateau

Joseph Roulin

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Frank Molinaro

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

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Montassar Alaya

Zouave

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Didier Jarre

Asylum Guard

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Thierry Nenez

Clerk Hôtel de la Gare

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Johan Kugelberg

Surgeon

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François Delaive

Artists Tambourin

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Nicolas Abraham

Artists Tambourin

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Manuel Guillot

Artists Tambourin

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Paul Théotime

School Child

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Romane Libert

School Child

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Milo Aubriet

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Clélia Robin-Oeustreicher

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Arthur Gloanec

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Alfred Boch

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Ludmilla Roitbourd

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Louis Garrel

Aurier's Article (voice)

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Victor Pontecorvo

Farmer's Son (uncredited)

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