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A young man arrives at the last hometown of painter Vincent van Gogh to deliver the troubled artist's final letter and ends up investigating his final days there.


“Sometimes perfect strangers make the best of friends.”
A tale of friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary, a lonely, eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max, a forty-four-year old, severely obese man living in New York.

Toni Collette
Mary (voice)

Philip Seymour Hoffman
Max (voice)

Barry Humphries
Narrator (voice)

Eric Bana
Damien (voice)

Bethany Whitmore
Young Mary (voice)

Renée Geyer
Vera Lorraine Dinkle (voice)

Ian 'Molly' Meldrum
Homeless Man (voice)

John Flaus
Harvey Krumpet / Ken / Len Hislop (voice)
Julie Forsyth
Bus Stop Mother / Kissing Woman (voice)

Christopher Massey
911 Operator / Ambulance Voice / Derisive Observer (voice)
Mary and Max is a animation, comedy, drama film released in 2009 exploring themes of australia, chocolate, approach, letter, birthmark, only child. Directed by Adam Elliot, it stars Toni Collette, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Barry Humphries. A tale of friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary, a lonely, eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max, a forty-four-year old, severely obese man living in New York.
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