
Life in a Day(2011)
A documentary shot by filmmakers all over the world that serves as a time capsule to show future generations what it was like to be alive on the 24th of July, 2010.


A drama-documentary presented by Alan Yentob, with Benedict Cumberbatch in the lead role. Every word spoken by the actors in this film is sourced from the letters that Van Gogh sent to his younger brother Theo, and of those around him. What emerges is a complex portrait of a sophisticated, civilised and yet tormented man.

Benedict Cumberbatch
Vincent Van Gogh

Jamie Parker
Theo Van Gogh

Aidan McArdle
Paul Gauguin

Christopher Good
Theodorus Van Gogh

Rowena Cooper
Anna Van Gogh

Daniel Weyman
Anthon Van Rappard

Ferdinand Kingsley
Albert Aurier
David Baron
Bernard Soule

Stephanie Jacob
Marguerite Crevlin
Katherine Kanter
Jeanne Coulomb
Van Gogh: Painted with Words is a drama, documentary film released in 2010. Directed by Andrew Hutton, it stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Jamie Parker, Aidan McArdle. A drama-documentary presented by Alan Yentob, with Benedict Cumberbatch in the lead role. Every word spoken by the actors in this film is sourced from the letters that Van Gogh sent to his younger brother Theo, and of those around him. What emerges is a complex portrait of a sophisticated, civilised and yet tormented man.
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