" Taking them?" " No." "Dr. Gachet's place?" "He only gets here on the 7 p.m. train." " Know a cheap boarding house?" " Ravoux's." "That's the only one." "You needed the next stop." "Ravoux's closer to Auvers." " Glass of wine?" " I don't drink." "Wait!" "Don't go like that." "No suitcase?" "I'll store all this and go with you." " You're no talker." " I am..." " What are you doing in Auvers?" " Nothing." "That's restful." "You're in Auvers for the air." "I'm the railroad company agent in Chaponval." "Whole family's on the railroad." "Trains rocked me to sleep as a baby." "Dad was a station-master." "I couldn't pass the test." "There's Ravoux's." "she'll take you." " But it's simple." " I'm not picky." "Buddy here needs a place." "drinks extra." " l don't drink." " He lives off his rotgut." "Want to see the room?" "Bread and wine..." "Here you are." "Clean." "Fresh sheets once a week." "You make your own bed." "A big closet for your stuff." "you see the beach." "Pretty port." "Auvers-sur-Oise is a charming town." "Vessenots St." "There's Dr. Gachet." "Tightwad took a cab!" "A hansom went trotting along..." "Hippety-hop..." "A hansom went..." " Taking it?" " It's fine." "where is it?" " Vessenots St. And the bags?" " I'll send for them tomorrow." "Still the right hand..." "Change your pedal..." "Hold it..." "There!" "Then it shifts..." "Right hand..." "There..." "Let up on the note... softly..." "Marguerite." "You have talent." "Too bad you stopped." "I stopped when mother died." "I'll resume it." " l hope so." " Marguerite!" "Play Lakméfor me." "I can't play Lakmé." "Marguerite." "You won't play it?" "It makes me cry." "I had a monkey named Lakmé." "And...?" "It's gone?" "said it was too dirty." " Let the teacher play it." " No." "to love a monkey." " lt was always on me." " They stink." "I bathed her every morning." "Like a baby." "Let's go on." "We'll do staccatos." " You're a bit late." " I took the 3 o'clock train." "I mean late in the season." "The lilac's going to leaf." "Come in." "Sit down." "I expected you in my office..." "in Paris." "I don't see patients here." "I have a note from my brother." "I'm not set up here." "We'll manage with what's at hand." "Undress." " My drawers too?" " Keep them on." "Dad?" "Smells good." "Stew?" "tomorrow." "Lie on the couch." "Sit on the table." "Stare at me." "Describe your fits." "Well?" "They vary." " Recall the strongest?" " The last one." " How long ago?" " Nearly 3 months." "Time of day?" "At night. 2 or 3 a.m. I'd just fallen asleep." " How long ago?" " Half an hour." "I woke with a raging headache." "Where?" "There. I'd never felt such pain." "It lasted at least 20 minutes." "A cold compress helped a bit." " Did it return?" " Not entirely." "Bearable." "And now?" "I have a steady dull ache." "for a while." "No pain behind the eye?" "Back of the neck?" "Always on the side you showed me?" "there." "but they're different." "How do you know?" "Who's that guy?" "I think." "That so?" "Here for rest and treatment." " Can't he rest here?" "We have room." " Must I spell it out?" "Great engraving." "First printing." "See how the blacks stand out?" "Superb!" "And the central figure..." "Remove him and it's a routine picture." "But of course you know that!" "It's by Meryon." "I'd like to have treated him." "He was really sick." "Paul. "Coco" to us." "Do I inform your brother?" " What do I owe you?" " I'll settle it with him." " He's not here." "How much?" " 7 francs alright?" " Need lodgings?" " It's done." "if I may ask?" " The café near the station." "Ravoux's?" "It's simple." "How much?" " 3.50 francs." " I understand." "Let's eat." "as usual." "He's odd." "I showed him my Renoir..." " What's for dinner?" " Rabbit." " Where's the wine from?" " Vidal's." "It's not the greatest." "he ignored my Renoir." "A doctor shouldn't always discuss painting." " He should think of other things." " What?" "You haven't eaten?" " l can serve you some soup." " I'd like that." "Dinner here's at 7 p.m." "it's quieter." " You still here?" " I haven't budged." "I don't drink." "Your napkin ring." "It's the prettiest." "You don't dose it?" "People think that means pouring wine in the soup and stirring. and a good spoonful of wine." "That's how I do it." "spiking in my Dad's." "Yet they're only 20 miles apart." "Dad calls a funnel a "fontel"." "In my Mom's town it's a "tunner"." "Where's your Mom from?" "She's dead and buried." "Life's funny." "My brother's... near the grave site." "The big curve before the river." "There's a grade crossing." "The Clermont express roars by." "Every year... it runs over someone." "don't." " I thought you were asleep." "I needed some air." " What'll I do with this?" " You'll see." "Got any soap?" "Here's some." "It's easier to wash at the pump in the yard." "Did you hear me?" "I heard you." "I'm Adeline. I'm 13." "I'm Vincent." " What're you writing?" " To my brother." "You write often?" "May I read it?" "Too bad..." "My grandson wants to chat..." "My grandson wants to talk to you." "I'd like you to do my portrait." " What?" " I want you to paint me." "grandpa." "Come have a drink." " Your health." " And yours." " To health and wealth." " Wealth." "Here he comes..." "What's up?" " What?" " My portrait." "Like it?" "The blue?" "Want your portrait in blue?" "Smile." "Life isn't so bad:" "There's even room for the village idiot!" " lt'll cost you 2 sous." " I got no money." "Take it and scram." "Scram!" "Cézanne can't stand me." "Called us "Gauguin  Van Gag"." "that's mild." " I don't call him "seize-ânes"." "16 asses"." "I never thought of that." "That's my house." "like all great painters." "Do you?" "Never." "My family does it for me." "but I have no frame for it." "right?" " I can't afford models." "A little Seurat..." "How'd you get it?" "He doesn't let sketches out of his studio." "It's a copy I made." "In secret." "I'm proud of it." " The secret or the work?" " Both." "The hanged man's house." "but no one has hanged himself." "It had to do with the owner's name." " He's improved since then." " I'll show you... the finest..." " That's really painting!" " And how!" "Cézanne was about to scrape it." "I stopped him." "I never scrape." "Only once:" "A Christ in the Garden of Olives." " That so?" "Marguerite." " Nice flowers in your room..." " What?" " The painting." "they're cheap." " Mrs Chevalier?" "My Paris friend let me down tonight." "Come to my room?" "You get what I mean?" " What's this dirt?" " It's a spot." "I can see that!" "you can't see it." "I can." "A new dress!" "Lovely old lace from Aunt Francia." "Hand-me-downs." "You're pretty as a princess." " lf only your Mom were here." " She's not!" "Want some tea?" "I don't like it." "We never see you." "It's so long since you came." "2 days ago." "Seems like ages to me." "You're so hesitant." "I've watched you." "You hesitate over the simplest thing." "you do as you please." "How do you want me?" "Like that." "Play." " l've a headache." " Want some quinine?" "Bring Mr. Van Gogh some quinine." "Alright." "Let's go on." "I don't." " Yet I was told..." " Who told you?" " l'm not a machine." " Sorry." "I mean it." "Your simpering bored me." "Play." "At least you don't pull faces like a virtuoso." " Maybe because you're not one." " You mean I play badly?" "That's not for me to say." "My sister Mina plays well." "Or so I thought at home." "Is she pretty?" "What do you care?" "Feminine rivalry:" ""She's prettier than me"?" "You're cranky with everyone." "Must be a strain." "I'm happy as a lark." "Now play." "Hold that pose." " You smiling?" " Yes." "Not too much." "Why are you here?" "Simplicity is so difficult." "We'll lunch outside... in 15 minutes." "Never changes!" "my mother and sister always interrupted my work." "To eat their lousy Dutch chow." "Mother yelled "lt's cold" or "lt'll burn!" "never looked at my work." "Women only care about material things." "Don't be unfair." "My late wife valued painter's work." "She adored Cézanne." "It hurt her that I was just an amateur." "The "chow" here's not bad." "Mrs Chevalier's the best of cooks but for my mother." "It's ready." "Mr. Van Gogh's painting." "Eating's more important than painting." "but without food... you die." "I'd let her cook." "I'd rather listen to you." "but it's not true." "you champ at the bit." "Lunch is served!" "Come anyway." "Coming." "he takes Coco and me to the company fair." "The railroad band plays classics." "It's a bit boring." "Last year there were ballet stars from the Opera." "They danced to Grieg's Solveig's Song." " You like Grieg?" " Don't know him." "My life's silly." "Dad's liberal." "Using what I learn is another matter. not how she feels." "We have to hide our feelings." "Men are lucky." "They aren't restricted." "waiting to live." "All we can do is... ls...?" "Embroider." "Painting's my embroidery." "make fun!" "Idle rich girls are the worst." "At least working girls work." "You've lived in England." "Seen those suffragettes protest?" "I don't like those marching women." "I don't like biting or being bitten." "I wage my revolt in private." "Much good it does me!" "I'm tired of playing." "Take the pose!" "No more piano!" " Take the pose." " Then it's no pose." " Want to know what I think?" " I don't care." "I love grouchy painters!" "My dress isn't like that." "You made it leaden." "The train drags and my hands are claws!" "It's all nonsense." "The colors are like puke!" "And your landscapes!" "You serious?" "Is this a pictorial disagreement?" "Pose and shut up." "Models have no say in how pictures are executed." "The very word!" "You're a pest!" "Our guest kindly offered to paint you..." " l'm not talking to you!" " Enough!" "treat me like your dog!" "like her mother." "My late wife treated our painter friends better." "This generation is hopeless." "Admirable!" "That's the word! the swirling skirt... lt weighs a ton!" "Vincent..." "May I call you Vincent?" "Painting is making a great leap with you." "How can we keep up with you?" "Good news:" "At the gallery I invited your brother." "The whole family is coming Sunday." "Johanna." "Theo's a lucky dog." "Admirable woman!" "almost violent." "of course." "I venture to think their marriage troubles you. so fruitful for your work." "But I say Johanna's presence will strengthen your ties." "more ample situation." "I truly feel this." "It's what I wish for the three of you." "I don't like mauve." "I wasn't wearing mauve." "Neither was the wall." "You paint me from behind." "You never look at me head-on." "Why not from the front?" "Don't I inspire you?" "but even so..." "Am I that purple lump on a purple ground?" "Look who's here!" "We meet again!" "We met in Arles." "I'm glad to see you." "that's mine!" " Yours?" "lmpossible." "It is. I just paid her for it." "All the more reason..." "She forgot her belt." "It's a small world." "I thought "it must be him"." "Cathy." " l'm glad." " It's OK..." "How we talked!" "I love talking to you." "here?" "I can come and see you." "It's better in the country." "Am I still so stingy?" "that one's... lt's wet." "Want your shirt?" "There..." "Want some help?" "Leave the bottle." "It's Tokay." "But warm." "but the heat..." "Here." "What've you been up to?" "A 5-year Legion hitch." "4 really." "I was invalided out." "I tried to enlist in the Legion." "You wouldn't have lasted a week." "And if I'd signed up for 5 years?" "They wouldn't have taken you." "Would they?" " You like bang-bangs." " I like weapons." "You scared?" "Gives me a laugh." "Best thing for blowing your brains out." "For cowards." "It depends... he didn't hesitate!" "What's going on?" "You scared me." "Takes guts!" "Coming?" "Big-hearted." "Most whores rush the client." "I'm no whore." "the monster's tired." " How old are you?" " Guess." " 40-45." " 37." " You burned yourself out." " And how!" "left nothing for the rest." "The rest counts most!" "too?" "but... I've my way of talking." "in Arles?" " You liked Sonia." "phtt!" " You mean...?" " She's dead." "I love being naked in the country." "I roll in the grass." "It's terrific!" "The leaves stick to the skin." "I didn't want to tell you in Arles..." "What?" "Spit it out!" "But that night when you... I got a bad name!" "But I know how you really are." "remember?" "When you scared me so?" "I shouldn't have let you go like that." "I wonder how you got home." "too." "You were alone." "I remember nothing." "You could've let me know." "I thought you'd died." "We do nothing for fear of scandal." "it makes me sore!" "which you regret forever." "But you can't always face up to trouble. but when I think of it..." "I'm ashamed." "it's over now." " Were you on something?" " I said it's over." "I can't see a thing!" " I just went..." "Aren't you ever happy with a man?" "Why not?" " My husband..." " Your husband?" "I was married." "now it's over." "I can't do it with the guy I live with." "You're the only one." "I'd like to." "All men want that." "They all want that with whores." "they hate men." " You never liked men?" " I don't give a shit." " That's the way I live." " You can't always live like that." "what's it to me?" "At least you're genuine." "thanks." " How did you find this place?" " Everyone knows it." " Men do." "But women?" " Depends which ones." "How can they manage?" "All those costumes!" "And they take them off with such ease... like all women." "I don't know you." "You probably don't get to talk much." "True." "Dad says I'm introverted." "I don't speak for hours." "There are no trains at night." "It's a local line." "but not the first." "I rise late." "I lived by the station." "like a kid." "You're still a kid in many ways." "Lots of trains went through Arles." "Shall we sit or stand?" " We'd rather lie down!" " It's not the time." " l have to get my gear." " I have to go too." "Won't you join us for lunch?" "Friends are coming... I can't." "I have a family lunch." "I would have loved to." "I'll play you something." "You have a lovely voice." "That's going too far." "You should visit me more often." "We could sing that." "I can't read music." "I never studied it." "You sing wonderfully." "My dad wouldn't let me." "And I work in the bar." "You have some free time." "they want me!" " Adeline!" "I've made a spot." "Bye." "Hurry." "What are you doing?" "You've got work to do!" "I know." "Chaponval!" "Chaponval!" "Creil!" "All aboard!" "Here he is." "Vincent." "How are you?" " Fine. I wanted to rent a carriage..." " You got no money... give him to me." "I'll carry him." "Chocolate!" "Here they come!" "My daughter Marguerite." "My son Paul." "He got little or no care there." "The doctor at St-Rémy wrote me nor regular supervision." "I can't believe he had epileptic fits." "That word is used to cover up ignorance. overworked." "still now." "too." "Absinthe." "And bad food." "That's all it takes with over-sensitive people like him. and arteries." "He's tough and in good shape." "But any over-excitement becomes an attack... I'd say of hysteria." "It's not confined to women." "monomaniacal..." "The seating layout!" "It's on the sideboard." " You crazy?" " It was harmless... lovebirds?" "She connived to serve here today." "Keeps tabs on you." "You painted the pest?" "why?" "but a bit vulgar." "She's an innkeeper's daughter!" "Not your class!" "You're mean!" "It's the champagne." "To little Vincent!" "I like him very much." "And to the complete recovery of big Vincent." "Vincent the great." " Let's be serious..." " Homeopathy isn't a serious topic." "Homeopathy has one great virtue:" "It put an end to... the barbaric practice of draining." "That sounds good." "But I read an unconvincing homeopathic treatise:" "It listed 350 types of headaches." "I only know of one." "There's a remedy for the fear of being cuckolded!" "Charlatanism!" "A very widespread fear!" "that doesn't exist." "we did little to cure patients. that we hadn't learned enough to heal the sick." " Has that changed?" " I've changed." "The war of 1870 did it." "I saw real suffering." "Not just the usual hypochondriacs." "Men who'd been butchered." "We had to do something." "We couldn't handle these men in real pain with the usual phony palliatives." "Someone in pain is alone." "Good intentions won't help." "we're boring you..." "Not at all." "I'm never bored with painters." "Painters?" "I'm not much of one..." "Theo must become a painter." "I insist." "We're all talented..." "Why else did I marry him?" "He'll paint." "We got our talent from Mother." "We shouldn't have become art dealers." "but for yourself." "For a simple man like me..." "Mr Van Gogh. almost cornered it." "There's a Durand-Ruel." " You have more taste and courage." " But less money." " You sponsor the Impressionists." " Except his brother." "You've imposed Monet and Renoir." "Others will follow." "Theo?" "Enough laces." "OK?" "Not too tight?" "Not too tight..." "Wait..." "Don't move." "two..." "My name's Toulouse-Lautrec I'm an handsome wreck I get my inspiration ln places of damnation" "Although I'm short of leg All the ladies beg" "So hide your wives from the meanie" "They all want to taste my wienie ln front of my kids!" "I'm choking!" "Once more?" "Shall I do a number? the King of Beggars... lt's not really Quasimodo:" "But it's quasi him!" "do the camel!" "The little mountain dwarfs..." "Do all the dirty work While the shepherds sleep" "From the witch they save the sheep" "The Auvers ballet." "I'd have liked a poem." " There are lovely ones." " I don't know any." "Then a song." "Jo sing us Cherryblossom time." "Theo." "Madame." " I don't dare." "Please do." "You can't turn us down..." "A little song." " l'll need the first note." " We'll accompany you." "When we'll sing of cherryblossom time" "All the nightingales and blackbirds" "Will come out to rejoice" "Lasses will have" "Ribbons in their hair" "And lovers" "Sunshine in their hearts" "When we'll sing" "Of cherryblossom time" "But who of us can match" "The blackbird's song?" " What about my poem?" " I know none." "It can't be." "doctor?" "she just won't recite one." " Search your memory." " I can't remember any." "Let's go for a walk by the river." "Why not..." "But the train's at 5.50." "You've time." "It'll do us good." "it's a lovely spot." "That's why so many painters come." "Jo has a fine face." "My brother's lucky." " So paint her." " She scares me." "Meet my fiancée." "She's fallen for him." "Idle girls fall easily." "Gachet would..." "Let's get back to homeopathy." "It's all contradictions." "You can interpret it any way you want." "Like your brother's fine works." "People reject them today mess." "Soon those same "learned" people will claim they're sublime." "But they are now!" "I hope you're right." "Shall we dance?" "He's so clumsy." "You wonder if he really does those things..." "His many weaknesses add up to strength!" "So do ours." "How can you stand him?" "You don't dance?" "My father disapproves." "I practice secretly." " Don't kiss a girl's hand!" " He's a bumpkin!" "We sorely missed you for lunch." "Still want me to coo?" "Mrs de Marigny." "You've been hiding her?" "I don't recruit for anyone!" "I didn't mean that..." "Are you a lady killer?" "As with Lakmé?" "Good idea." "Sing Lakmé." "The pianist will accompany you." "Our friend has a lovely voice." "She'll sing Lakméfor us." " Accompany her?" " Absolutely." "That was wonderful." "Remarkable voice." "at least for me." "For everyone." "You're a wild man." "especially with women." "Meaning?" "I don't dare." " But I can also be bold." " Really?" "You never paint water?" "I don't like to." "the reflections are tricky." "then another..." "Cézanne can't paint the sea." "but people dote on it." "the gentlest of men has become irritable and bitter." "There are constant fights." "Within a year..." "Sorry to tell you..." "My husband isn't the Theo I once knew." "He's more like you." "The way he says you are." " You don't love him?" " Are you mad?" "I love him more than ever." "To see him like this..." "He tries to be cynical..." "He forces himself... that must be it." "Something's going on." "But he won't tell me." "never complains." "I can feel it... but..." "You'd better... I feel like a stranger..." "He rejects me." "As for our child..." "He's worried by the tiniest bruise..." "But he's also distant... wholly absent..." "What's wrong?" "Is it another woman?" "Not his style..." "Don't say that... the three of you." " Ages ago!" " I was forewarned." "All that's past." "Theo's faithful as can be." "I'm sure of it." "You don't see him that much." "One's faithful or not." "I don't agree." "But he feeds the whole family!" "and me." "Vincent." "You work." " lf you say so." " I do." "But he's wearing himself out." "it can't go on." "Things must change." "Listen to me:" "I don't want my brother's death on my conscience." "He can't die for my smudges that'll never be worth a cent." "I say that things will change." "I must do something." "you and the baby can't go on this way." "What can you do?" "What's he doing?" "Don't worry." "He did it on the ferry with Mom." "Can he swim?" "He did it all through our youth." "There..." "Pretty good." "He really upset Mom." "Come along..." "You'll catch cold..." "How smart of you!" "You'll catch cold..." "Very clever!" "I'll get in first." "my hat." "Thank you." "Marguerite." "Hope to see you soon." "Thank you." "right kids?" "I'll paint the baby." " You'll be a monster." " Come visit." " Come to Paris soon." " On a Sunday." " Where is he?" " Gone." "He always does that." "We can't abandon him." "Who said we will?" "We never discuss things." "Don't bother to ask!" "Now I've got to go refill it!" "You could say thanks." "He gets on my nerves!" " Now you water the wine!" " So who taught me?" "Shut up!" "You did!" "Hear how she talks to me?" "So much laundry!" "I told my husband we need bigger vats!" "He never listens!" "I'm sick of it!" "That's too much..." "Shit!" "Thank you." "It's musty in here." "I thought it might storm." "Not a breath of air." "Is the baby restless?" "he didn't get much champagne." "You're being so nice." "Can't you always be this way?" "It won't last." "You haven't had a real talk with your brother for a year." "All last year..." "Never." "You were around." "I was." "But I was selfish." "I thought only of us." "That's all I ever do." "I sell other painters." "That's what destroys him." "You can't deny it:" "His life's a disaster." "You're part of it." "too." "You don't love me?" "Of course I do." "If you don't understand that... I can't explain..." "You sling a lot of mud at me!" "Why?" "I don't know." "Let go of me." "Some water?" "It's cool." "Can I take it?" "How will you paint?" "No." "Wait!" "The milk's boiling..." "You leaving?" "I've got things to do." "Back later." " You won't eat with us?" " No." "seven." "Almost eight." " Eight?" " Yes." "a nine..." "A nine would be nice." "Five and four is nine!" "Your turn." "Call it." " What number?" " One." "Will you draw the sand-merchant for him?" "Mr Van Gogh will draw you the sand-merchant." " Come beside me." " Go on." "Well?" "It's nice." "Mr Van Gogh." "Come along." "Look!" "See the nice sand-merchant?" "You're not kind." " What's it for?" " What?" "Kindness." "To get on with people... have friends..." " Some more?" " No." "Bread and butter?" "I never eat mornings." "I was looking at this..." "She's like my mom in her youth." "You did it?" "Gilbert did." "That's not like your other work." "More like paper for books." "Mom used to say one loves only one person in life." "Coco only loves Dad." " And you?" " I don't know yet." "And you?" "You love no one." "my fire's lit!" "Who lit it?" "Did you?" "and bring me breakfast." "I'm not Gilbert!" "Don't joke." "He had a fever last night." "How do you know?" "Snooping again?" "I never get to see you." "I should've brought my embroidery." "Garlic sausage." "What a treat!" " Want some?" " No." "I needed a pick-me-up." "I enjoy a rest." "in silence." "You don't need a rest." "You haven't started work." " l'm all done." " So paint me... he'd kill me." " Him?" "No chance!" "I don't." "You've got strength." "me?" "A real strongman..." "Your arms aren't very muscular." "A woman's shouldn't be." "a little shape..." "Only Dad exercises in our family." "Glass of wine?" "C'mon." "Coming?" "Good wine from my brother's vineyard..." "We'll soon see." "If we don't drink too much!" " lt's nice here." " Yes." "You want another?" "Seen my daughter?" "doctor... I see it's a real party..." "Sort of..." "Can I have a shot?" "'bye..." " Can't I come with you to Paris?" " I was waiting... I'm left at home alone like a little kid." "staring at a grey wall?" "So why live there?" "The beginning of the day is cold..." "Week" takes two e's." "There's also "w-e-a-k"..." "That's what I am with you two!" "This is "w-e-e-k"." "What's got into him?" "Think he doesn't know?" "You were gone all day." "It's not done!" "Look at you!" " You'll get pregnant." " How would you know?" "I had a baby boy at your age." "Really?" "You never told us." "He joined the Commune in 1870." "We never saw him again. the army moved into Paris." "He didn't come home." "They summoned me:" "I saw his body laid out with the others." "He was 15." "Poor you... nothing's ever past." "It's past..." "But Van Gogh may not be a reliable man." " l was behind you." "Where'd you go?" " Had me a drink." "King size." "Overdoing it again!" "Damn fairy!" "You could help me." " Your folks out?" " Dunno where they are." " lt's paid." " I owed you for one." "Go right ahead!" "Want my wife too?" "like us." " You're some level-crossing keeper." " What?" "The train nearly ran a man over." "Ran a man over?" "In 20 years I never saw it happen." "I was going to tell you... maestro." "Hello." "Could I?" "I wanted a peek..." " lf you don't mind..." " It's in the back." "and I'll be there." "What changes since you left Paris!" "Such a daring approach to pointillism." "It's exquisite!" "My paintings are there." "I'm relieved:" "I was being hypocritical." "As if I told you that thing was the future of art." "But that... I can be sincere." "If I could do that... your St. Rémy self-portrait." "You often finish paintings in the studio?" "Happens..." "Bits and pieces..." "That's my garden and Marguerite..." "Coco's favourite acacia..." "That's good too." "doctor." "Hello." "Are you better?" "Yes." "The oozing stopped?" "Two portraits of me?" "I'm honoured." "I always do a copy." " Which do I prefer?" " You'll only get one." " What a treat!" " My models always get a copy." "Really?" "Teach me your cut reed technique." "It's simple:" "You just cut a reed." "Your brother doesn't push your work." "Dear Theo is being retentive." " l know." " No." "but it shatters me." " l told him to see you." " Is he ill?" "I meant your career." "It's coming along." "Aurier's piece on you was fine." "He's an idiot." "Very literary." "Writers don't understand painting." "My daughter said you were worried..." "That stinging pain...?" "I'm her father... to cure me." "but a hypochondriac." "At St. Rémy you thrived on your illness." "I'm no expert." "But my fits weren't imaginary." "then what?" "We cease to be doctors." "You should be on a diet." "I'll wrap it up." "I'll parade with your masterpiece." "like me." " Exercise!" "too." "only its pace!" "What the hell are you doing?" "That pink haze there upsets the balance... I'm removing it." "It's a big mistake." "That's much better." "airy things like Turner." "I soar above this earthbound art." "Earthbound..." "Those mechanical strokes..." "Your paintings are too big!" "They're too big!" "Too big?" "How come you copied them 5 times?" "Mine are ecstasy... fluidity..." "Look! the leaves are like the water or the sky. lt's all the same." "Look at it." "There's no glaze." "You don't know how to glaze. all those strokes." "It's all bunched up." " There's no feeling..." " You through?" " Look at that..." " You through?" "I saw his paintings..." "Superb!" "he's like family." "He always will be." "We have 6 rooms:" "You won't take him in." "His room isn't a room." "but I can imagine..." "You'd like him to sleep nearer to you." "The insane can be dangerous company." " What do you mean?" " I mean in general." "in good health." "He cut his own ear." "The fits at the asylum in St. Rémy..." "Lock me up:" "I'd have fits too." "His brother never visited him." "His real trouble is the syphilis he's had for years." "Mom had it too." "She died of it." "You gave it to her." "Don't talk like that!" "Not in that tone!" "His influence again!" "They said she'd go blind:" "She was put in a dark room." "Aunt Francia told me." "I was sent away to Lille." "Your mother was always in poor health." "What is this?" "I read bits of your medical books." "You hid things from us." "I was young:" "Kids notice things." "Unhappiness affects them." "What's got into you?" "like your mother." "we all are." "It's fashionable. but you wind up a bigot." "You can't cure him." "You do nothing!" "He came to be cured." "as to say he's not mad." "I'm in love with him!" " What?" " I'm in love with him!" " You'd marry that..." " Who said marriage?" "You'd live with a madman... wants to live with me." "but I know it." "So much for your liberalism!" "not to me." "You're like everyone else." "but this... modern... free love and all that... forget it." "You're a coward." "That's why you can't paint!" "What you just said is unforgivable." "Good news. I convinced Theo:" "Jo and the baby will spend the summer here." "Glad?" "It's unfair to slave and earn no money from one's work." "You earn something from your work." "You're going to support me?" "I know Theo won't help me any more." "Some days painting revolts me." "Maybe it's just as well." "I write Theo that all's fine." "He doesn't realize what I'm doing." "Maybe he does." "What can he tell you?" "That it's no good?" "He can't." "You always defend him!" " l try to understand." " I know what's up." "Don't talk about things you don't know." "The Van Goghs aren't an artistic family." "The way my father looked at me: for me to get that look." "I just went on painting in my own way." "That's all." "I keep at it..." "But what's the use?" "things are changing." " You help me more than Kate..." " Thanks a lot!" "If I'd met you instead of her..." "You're lucky she didn't work out." "People say her rejection of you drove you to paint great art." "with a decent girl you'd have done even better work." "I do." " lf that's what you think..." " Stop complaining!" "You're gifted!" "Forget your brother and his wife." "Forget all that." "Only you can make the name Van Gogh famous!" "We married? you're towing them all." "They're jealous of what you've got." "Nothing was good enough for your Kate." "Those women always marry the idiots they deserve!" "And you're moping over her." "Why are you going to Paris Sunday?" " To get sloshed." " You can't do that here?" "To get sloshed!" " Notice anything?" " I know them by heart." "We're out of the woods." "Theo will smother you with jewels." "I'll settle for less." "There's only 30." "And the rest?" "At Tanguy's." "I'll go to Clauzel St..." "Watch out if you run into people." "You scare everyone." "He picks fights in Paris." "He's a grown man." "He's eccentric..." "But like anyone else... he needs help..." " We can't do anything except relieve our own guilt." "that makes the donors feel good." "Those 50 franc bills... they relieve you more than him." "Am I right?" " Get rid of this for me." " What?" " There." " I hate that..." "Go on squeeze..." "That's it." "He should've been one of the best painters of his time." "But he started late and rushed things." "He always does." "Like when he wanted to be a priest." "He never learned." "I don't understand him." "The truth is:" "Deep down I don't like his painting." "I wish he painted like Renoir." "I'd love that." "I don't want him to paint like Renoir." "either." "But if Renoir painted like Vincent... I'd like it because my brother hadn't done it." " See?" " What nonsense." "You complicate everything." "that's all." " Shall I rinse you down?" " Yes." "Vollard's wrong to play the crafty dealer." "Clever people act dumb. people prefer to deal with the craftiest." "Come here..." "Look at these marvels." " Frost." " Very nice." "That painting grows on me." "All those shades of blue." "As perfect as a Tiepolo." "He painted it when the baby was born." "It's there so I can see it from my bed when I wake up." "Here's to both Vincents." "like the painting!" "René is so talented." "it's superb." "the green sky..." "Who are those creeps?" " They help sell you!" " I doubt it." "Remove my paintings from Tanguy's." "It's a pigsty." "They'll rot!" "Where do I put them?" "Under your bed!" "Or can't the maid sweep?" " Jo sweeps." " If Saint Jo does it..." " Why are they in there?" " I don't know." "right?" "Vincent." "Théo's not well." "Dr. Gachet's not good enough for him." "How will it all end?" "You're the only one I feel close to." "One must be selfish." "Théo doesn't know how to be." "That's what I am:" "Selfish." "I can't whistle." "Pity you made two holes in the painting." "You touched my wife?" "And you're so out of touch..." "You don't paint ones like her." "You like sluts!" "And you...?" "Thank you so much." "See you soon." "We'll settle it all..." "Thanks for coming." "You're awful." "You quarrel with everyone." "Even Gachet." "You fought with him." " You're rude to Aurier." " Still drinking? critics like Aurier sell art." "Buyers are more influenced by what they read than what they see. and have their minds all set." "so buyers lap it all up..." " lt's called eclecticism." " Shit!" "You got it made!" "And you neglect the best painter of our time!" "I am." "You sleep on my work." "It's under your bed." " Where do I put it?" " Show it!" "You wrote me not to!" "All my work!" "You got it for nothing!" "How can you say that?" "You're awful." " One day I'll stop supporting you." " Don't make me laugh!" "a slave driver." "anyway." "From me you get 20 works a month for the price of one second-rate impressionist." "You're vile." "You must be revolted by your own words!" "You've ruined our relationship." "Good. I'm not scared." "I'll be better off." "I've been sponging." "All those paintings are yours." "Forever!" "who'd get my paintings?" "like Mother did at home!" "No one in the family believed in me." "No one!" "she said." "She didn't!" "Who told you that?" "I happen to know it." "I was a coward to accept your money." "I became a drone." "I feel I'm being kept." "The shame!" "Better to be a dock-worker." "One can't work and paint." "Those who tried stopped painting." "Gauguin painted for years as a stockbroker." "You smothered me." "I'd have worked harder and better." "I've done nothing great." "And life's too sad." "I'm at the end of my tether." "Haven't you noticed?" "My painting is shit." "Seen my portrait of Marguerite Gachet?" "Crap!" "It's a transition." "Don't exaggerate." "You've been there 2 months." "Can't always be on top." "On top?" "You've never liked what I do. but I know your taste." "You've never spoken this way." "Never." "I'm sick." "I can't keep this up for long." "not for long." "I've never had pains like this." "Seen a doctor?" "He didn't understand me." "You in pain now? but your present mood..." "What?" "You're healthy and close to success!" "But my painting's worse!" "Aurier's piece has made you." "And your fits..." "They're over!" "Théo." "There are no fits." "I never had any." "They were tricks like a squid spurts ink to hide." "it won't be a fit:" "if I can... to put an end what's unbearable for me and all of us." "I'm not as selfish as you say." "I do think of others." "just to say hello." "Lautrec's always late." "Never on time." "True." "Vincent?" "Come eat." "Really!" "it is." "Will you stay in Auvers?" " l'll leave." " Where?" "With no money?" "Who do we paint for? assholes... the worst." "We paint for them." "Dump all my stuff." "000 francs." "by an unknown artist." " Who's to blame?" " Make up your mind." "I'm off." "Hear of Schubert?" "Schubert." "Didn't you know?" "All his friends dumped him to avoid catching his disease." " What's the connection?" " Don't you see?" "You notice too late you have no friends... if you can still notice things." "Just as well." "You're crazy!" "Stop that!" "Vincent." "horses fight." "I can't stand them." "Find some buyers." "I can't stand them." "Get rid of them! I didn't do that!" "Did I paint that eye? the contour of the eyes... I did that?" "lmpossible." "I paint receding chins in banal complementary colors." "Dump them or sell them:" "Selling is dumping for money!" "I can't." "You can't?" "right?" "Vincent." "Vincent". they'll be there tomorrow." "No one'll touch them." "Even garbage men and bums." "your onion soup." "Vincent?" " What's up?" " I'm having my soup." "Nice you're back in Paris." " What're you up to?" " Having my soup." "Here's big Suzanne V." "Back in Paris?" "I just want to eat my soup." "You know I paint now." "even women." " How would he live without you?" " Maybe he'd die!" "He'd die!" "He'd get a job like everyone else. who wanted to live off their art." "They took jobs." "Like everyone." "Real jobs." "Being an artist is a luxury." "You must be able to afford it." "I'm sick of hearing of their sufferings." "The poor really suffer." "no food." "Vincent is your showgirl!" "You can't afford him!" " l've managed." " It has to change." "You have a family now." "Not just yours." "Ours!" "You'll support that wreck all your life?" " Shut up!" " Stop that!" "I am!" "Stop that!" "Coming!" " What's happened?" " He wasn't on the train." "He's not back." "Where is he?" " You must have crossed him..." " He's not back. I'm sure." "He can only be one place." "You know it." "Take her there." " A drink?" " No thanks." " You eaten?" " I'm not hungry." "Let's go." "It'll be like the good old days." "You're heavy!" "You look contented." "You're new here. I don't know you." "right?" "Brought your wife?" "She was too tired." "She had her baby?" " 3 months ago." "He's big." " Should've brought her." "She's teasing." "She'd love it here!" " Your name?" " Cathy." "Pretty name." "pretty hands." "Suzanne?" " All right." "How's Puvis de Chavannes' kid?" " He's now 7." " Time flies." "Did you wipe out Henri?" "He always naps after." " Not wearing socks?" " I left in a hurry." " Your wife kicked you out?" " Sort of..." "Play something more... more..." " Here I am." " I'm busy." "I came to Paris just for that." "You with her or me?" "Don't touch me." "That's all you ever think about." "You crazy?" "left you a note." " Can we meet?" " Hands off!" " Tomorrow... the day after..." " Sure..." "You can't be bothered..." "Let go..." "Hands off!" "Your sweetness is phony." "Asshole!" "Go home!" "Who needs you!" "The whore with the heart of gold." "you're a goner!" "She's shy." "Don't you want to?" "This makes me dizzy!" "Sing "Red Hill"." "It's called Red Hill" "And here's why" "All who fought there were doomed to die" "Now it's a vineyard Like so many others" "But when you drink its wine You drink the blood of your brothers" "There were no pretty maids On that hill no laughter and mirth lt's far from Montmartre the hub of the earth" "That hill is soaked in the blood" "Of farmers and workers Who answered a call" "Those who start wars" "Never die of them Only the innocent fall" "Red Hill is its name" "And here's why" "All who fought there Were doomed to die it's a vineyard" "Like so many others" "But when you drink its wine" "You drink the blood of your brothers" "May I?" "taste..." " lt's good." " Drink." "More..." "You love me?" "Say it." "You love me?" "brother." "Time to parade!" "Look sharp!" " Will you buy my paintings?" " I did..." "Which ones?" "Those I paint." "You're known as a model!" "No one wants your paintings!" "Bastard!" "Now you're like all dealers." "I need sleep before I open the gallery." "I'll go snooze with my old lady." "Third class is narrow!" "the poor have smaller asses." "This is living." "Tickets please." "it's the milk-train!" "Have a nice trip!" "What's wrong?" "I so wish you loved me... I know you don't." "Doesn't matter." "What have I done?" "Answer when I talk to you!" "You can't take paintings to the grave!" "Painting!" "It's a disease." "you hear!" "You grovel in your shit!" "Your shitty paintings!" "From your sick mind!" "Let go of me!" "You're not normal!" "You're insane!" "Stay here!" "Sit down!" "Here." "You're alone?" "Where's my daughter?" " Your ugly face!" " She vanished yesterday." " What happened?" " Nothing." " What did he do to you?" " Nothing." "Answer." "Are you ill?" "There's no need to destroy to create!" "You sow despair." "but a loathsome man." "You're twice her age!" "Aren't you ashamed?" "I've known many painters." "They weren't like you." "You're vulgar." "It's in everything you do!" "You don't love me." "You don't care." "If you knew how I love you..." "You forgot your package." "Go out on the platform." "The young lady's unwell." " Get help." " A doctor?" "idiot!" "A carriage." "Take her feet..." "Climb up and lift her..." " What are you eating?" " A bun." "Can I have some?" "huh?" "take that." "Come on..." " Where you off to?" " To watch him paint." "Matching loonies!" "Why's that here?" "Do other hotels let 'em paint indoors?" "Soon it'll be in the bar!" "but a paint store!" "You didn't do my ear." "Move over." "Some day we'll do this for free." "it'll be nice." " Let's start now." " What?" " For free." " Really?" "That excite you?" " What?" " When I kissed your neck..." "Well it does me." "So do it." "You eating me?" "Thank you for waiting." "Where's La Mouche?" "In Paris." "Hurry. I'm bushed." "Faster!" "It'll be all right." "Don't want any?" "She doesn't." "Why not?" "What's wrong?" "Glass of wine?" "Who was that?" "Mr. Van Gogh." "Why isn't he eating with us?" "Go look." "See what he's up to." "Coming?" "Go see what's up." "Eat!" "Wants none." "Just like your sister." "come quick!" "What is it?" "Suicide's great for a hotel!" "Some hotel!" "Three rooms!" "Is it a bullet?" "it is." "Does that hurt?" "Help me turn him over." "Gently." "Adeline..." "You in pain?" "Want a shot?" "No shots." "They scare me." "Shall we operate?" "doctor?" "He needs hot compresses." "And clean his bed." "doctor." "An overdose of barbiturates is easier to deal with." "l brought my stomach pump." "We'll look after you." "where were you?" " I was away." "Where is he?" "Upstairs." " May I?" " Go ahead." " Sorry..." " The casualty's next door." "You won't let me examine you?" "doctor?" "He's breathing normally." " As if he wasn't hurt." " I'll open the door." " They're doing nothing?" " Don't say that." "But they aren't!" "Little one..." "Dear Theo..." "You shouldn't have come..." "till I'd croaked." " ls that position all right?" " He chose it." "Leave him in it." "don't... lt's good for him." "Isn't drinking bad for him?" "Don't give him a thing." "They've readied a room for you." "Get some rest." "I'll watch him." "How is he?" "Get me a brandy." "He must be moved to a hospital in Paris." "And operated." "Never..." "He can't be moved." "It'd kill him." "But he'll die if he lingers here." "We can't do nothing and let him die." "He'll die of nothing!" "If he's alive 12 hours after:" "His organs are intact." "Even a surgeon would damage his organs extracting the bullet." "The journey alone may kill him." "I agree with my colleague:" "I think it's hopeless." "Alright?" "I'm hungry." "It's all over." "I'll settle up." "Board and lodging for June is due." "And Dr. Masery's two visits." "Of course." " He gave you any paintings?" " Two." "Keep them." "They're yours." "Run along." "Don't tell your sister." "I'll return the paintings he left with me." "My portrait and my daughter's." "We were just storing them..." "You must keep them." "He'll get known through your collection." "If you mean it..." "I'm very touched." "I've done the death certificate." " My foot!" " I didn't mean to!" "My foot's crushed:" "You laugh!" " l'm not laughing!" " Doctor!" "My foot!" "I'll massage you." "I have a healing hand." " Better?" " Feels good." "So good... I never let anyone touch my feet." " That's much better." " I'll help you." "Help me up." "It'll take months to heal." "Hi." "You from here?" "This the hanged man's house?" "it's on Pylon St. No one hanged himself there." " First time you painted here?" " No." "I come often." "It's like the greats are still here." "Millet..." "Millet never came." "Daumier lived in Valmondois." "He painted a studio door here." "The owner will show it to you." "What's the motif?" "Don Quixote..." " Van Gogh liked it a lot." " You knew Van Gogh?" "Yes." "He was my friend." "Subtitling:" "Eclair Group"