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* DeathByDespair: Pere Tanguy says this happened to Theo: after Vincent's death, he lost his will to live, and not even his own infant son could rouse him back to life. In real life, one of the causes of his death was listed as [[TearJerker sadness]].
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* DeathByDespair: Pere Tanguy says this happened to Theo: after Vincent's death, he lost his will to live, and not even his own infant son could rouse him back to life. In real life, one of the causes of his death was listed as [[TearJerker sadness]]. According to Paul Gachet, [[spoiler: Theo had [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syphilis#Tertiary tertiary-stage syphilis]], which meant that any form of shock - physical, emotional, or financial - could prove too much for him]].
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* AccidentalMurder: After his investigation, Armand concludes that [[spoiler:Rene Secratan accidentally and drunkenly shot Vincent, and Vincent lied about the incident to protect him.]]
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* IJustWantToHaveFriends: The presumed reason for why Vincent started hanging out with the Secretan boys, despite their bullying, after [[spoiler: his falling-out with Paul Gachet]].
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-->'''Boatman''': And, then suddenly it was all silent, and he looked so happy that this dirty crow was coming close. He didn't seem to care that it ran off with his lunch. And, I thought to myself, "How lonely is this guy that even a thieving crow brightens up his day?"
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''Loving Vincent'' is a feature-length animated film - the first where every frame is literally a painting. It's also unique in another way, being an English language animated film aimed at adults that is [[AdultAnimationIsSouchPark [[AllAdultAnimationIsSouthPark another unfortunate trope]].
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''Loving Vincent'' is a feature-length animated film - the first where every frame is literally a painting. It's also unique in another way, being an English language animated film aimed at adults that is [[AllAdultAnimationIsSouchPark [[AdultAnimationIsSouchPark another unfortunate trope]].
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''Loving Vincent'' is a feature-length animated film - the first where every frame is literally a painting. It's also unique in another way, being a an English language animated film aimed at adults that is ''not'' a DeadBabyComedy.[[AllAdultAnimationIsSouchPark another unfortunate trope]].
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A Polish/UK/US collaboration, 125 painters helped to create the thousands of oil paintings necessary to animate this film.
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A Polish/UK/US Polish/British/American collaboration, 125 painters helped to create the thousands of oil paintings necessary to animate this film.
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* ArtShift: During flashback sequences, the art style becomes notably more naturalistic and less styled after Van Gogh.
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* PosthumousCharacter: Vincent, whose story is told entirely through flashbacks after his death.
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* EverybodySmokes: In 19th century France, everyone smokes. Armand, the Gachets, and others all smoke cigarettes. Vincent and Theo van Gogh smoke pipes.
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* EverybodySmokes: EverybodySmokes:
** In 19th century France, everyone smokes. Armand, the Gachets, and others all smoke cigarettes. Vincent and Theo van Gogh smokepipes.pipes.
** Also, Everybody Drinks. Nearly every liquid consumed by Armand and whomever he's talking to is alcoholic, though he only gets ''drunk'' at the very beginning and after getting a telegrammed pink slip.
** In 19th century France, everyone smokes. Armand, the Gachets, and others all smoke cigarettes. Vincent and Theo van Gogh smoke
** Also, Everybody Drinks. Nearly every liquid consumed by Armand and whomever he's talking to is alcoholic, though he only gets ''drunk'' at the very beginning and after getting a telegrammed pink slip.
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* FamousLastWords: "No one is to blame." Hearing this is what makes Armand suspicious that Vincent did not kill himself and he finds it so strange that he thinks Dr. Gachet is covering the truth. [[spoiler:Dr. Gachet is sincere in his belief of a suicide; interpreted the words in the context of their argument and believed Vincent was trying to absolve him of the guilt he felt.]]
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* ItsAllMyFault: [[spoiler:Dr. Gachet believes that he drove Vincent to suicide by saying that Vincent was ruining Theo's life and health with the stress of supporting him, and interprets Vincent's last words of "no one is to blame" as an attempt to assuage his guilt for the argument. Marguerite believes the same for withdrawing her friendship on her father's advice.]]
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* ItsAllMyFault: [[spoiler:Dr. Gachet believes that he drove Vincent to suicide by saying saying, in a heated argument, that Vincent was ruining Theo's life and health with the stress of supporting him, and interprets Vincent's last words of "no one is to blame" as an attempt to assuage his guilt for the argument.him. Marguerite believes the same for withdrawing her friendship on her father's advice.]]
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* AnimalMotif: There are a lot of crows flapping around as Armand tries to work out how and why Vincent died.
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* ItsAllMyFault: [[spoiler:Dr. Gachet believes that he drove Vincent to suicide by saying that Vincent was ruining Theo's life and health with the stress of supporting him. Marguerite believes the same for withdrawing her friendship on her father's advice.]]
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* ItsAllMyFault: [[spoiler:Dr. Gachet believes that he drove Vincent to suicide by saying that Vincent was ruining Theo's life and health with the stress of supporting him.him, and interprets Vincent's last words of "no one is to blame" as an attempt to assuage his guilt for the argument. Marguerite believes the same for withdrawing her friendship on her father's advice.]]
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* TeensAreMonsters: Rene Secretan cruelly mocks Vincent and pulls pranks like putting a snake in with Vincent's art supplies, leading people to wonder why Vincent even spent time with him in the first place.
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* DrowningMySorrows: After losing his job, Armand has a few drinks too many... ending in a drunken brawl that lands him in jail for the night.
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* DrowningMySorrows: After losing his job, and realizing that Van Gogh was much more than the troublesome madman Armand had dismissed him as, Armand has a few drinks too many... ending in a drunken brawl that lands him in jail for the night.
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* ItsAllMyFault: [[spoiler:Dr. Gachet believes that he drove Vincent to suicide by saying that Vincent was probably ruining Theo's life and health with the stress of supporting him. Marguerite believes the same for withdrawing her friendship on her father's advice.]]
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* ItsAllMyFault: [[spoiler:Dr. Gachet believes that he drove Vincent to suicide by saying that Vincent was probably ruining Theo's life and health with the stress of supporting him. Marguerite believes the same for withdrawing her friendship on her father's advice.]]
* NoSympathy: The townspeople of Arles circulated a petition to have Van Gogh kicked out. Joseph, Armand's father, refused to sign and angrily decries this lack of feeling towards an ill man.
* PartingWordsRegret: Dr. Gachet deeply regrets the argument he had with Vincent.
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* RedHerring: Armand suspects that Vincent's relationship with Marguerite and his later argument with Dr. Gachet led to his suicide, but Marguerite reveals later that Vincent didn't have serious feelings for her.
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* RedHerring: Armand suspects that Vincent's relationship with Marguerite and his later argument with Dr. Gachet led to his suicide, but Marguerite reveals later that Vincent didn't have serious feelings for her. As for Dr. Gachet, the clues Armand gathers from others initially lead him to suspect Gachet of covering up the truth for some reason of his own. Further conversation reveals, however, that Gachet really is convinced it was suicide because of his own guilt. [[spoiler:Armand delivers the letter into his care.]]
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: After Armand drunkenly berates the Boatman for standing by silently while Vincent was bullied, the Boatman asks "were ''you'' such a great friend to Vincent?" Armand replies that he never claimed to be.
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* BrattyHalfPint: The Young Man with a Cornflower repeatedly teases Armand. Even his father concedes he's an annoyance.
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* BrattyHalfPint: The Young Man with a Cornflower repeatedly teases Armand. Even his father uncle concedes he's an annoyance.
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* CloudCuckoolander: Doctor Mazery is a little goofy, though he does import some critical information about Vincent's death.
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* CloudCuckoolander: CloudCuckoolander:
** Doctor Mazery is a little goofy, though he does import some critical information about Vincent's death.
** Doctor Mazery is a little goofy, though he does import some critical information about Vincent's death.
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* ItsAllMyFault: [[spoiler:Dr. Gachet believes that he drove Vincent to suicide by saying that Vincent was probably ruining Theo's life and health with the stress of supporting him. Marguerite believes the same for withdrawing her friendship on her father's advice.]]
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* RashomonStyle: Armand is told different versions of how Vincent died, where he was shot, and the details of his relationships with the people of Auvers that are impossible to reconcile, turning his simple quest to find a recipient for the letter into a mystery he feels compelled to solve.
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* AllAdultAnimationIsSouthPark: Averted.
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* AllAdultAnimationIsSouthPark: Averted. The film is aimed at adults for its serious tone and heavy themes, as opposed to raunchy comedy.
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* TheQueensLatin: Though the film is set in France, with almost entirely French characters, everyone speaks English with British accents.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Starting in the 2000s, some scholars have theorized that Van Gogh ''was'' murdered, or at least the victim of an accidental shooting by a young companion that Vincent lied about to spare the child's feelings.
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* TheQueensLatin: Though the film is set in France, with almost entirely French characters, everyone speaks English with British accents.
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* VindicatedByHistory: In-universe, the film notes that Van Gogh is now considered the father of modern painting, with his works beloved and considered priceless.
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* AllAdultAnimationIsSouthPark: Averted.
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''Loving Vincent'' is a feature-length animated film - the first where every frame is literally a painting.
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''Loving Vincent'' is a feature-length animated film - the first where every frame is literally a painting. It's also unique in another way, being a Western animated film aimed at adults that is ''not'' a DeadBabyComedy.
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* CantRefuseTheCallAnymore: Armand didn't particularly like Vincent and wasn't interested in deliver the letter, but begrudgingly accepts the task when his father guilts him into it.
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* CantRefuseTheCallAnymore: Armand didn't particularly like Vincent and wasn't interested in deliver delivering the letter, but begrudgingly accepts the task when his father guilts him into it.
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* MayDecemberRomance: Vincent was rumored to have been in a relationship with the much younger Marguerite Gachet, but he later discovers that their relationship was innocent.
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* AccidentalMurder: After his investigation, Armand concludes that [[spoiler:Rene Secratan accidentally and drunkenly shot Vincent, and Vincent lied about the incident to protect him.]]
* BittersweetEnding: Vincent died too soon, and his death was likely an accident; during his lifetime he received no money or fame for the works that would go on to [[VindicatedByHistory be priceless and beloved staples of art]]. However, he nevertheless managed to be an extremely prolific artist and was able to do what he loved and pursue his passion, which is more than most people can say.
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* DeathByDespair: Pere Tanguy says this happened to Theo: after Vincent's death, he lost his will to live.
* DrowningMySorrows: After losing his job, Armand has a few drinks too many...ending in a drunken brawl that lands him in jail for the night.
* DrowningMySorrows: After losing his job, Armand has a few drinks too many...ending in a drunken brawl that lands him in jail for the night.
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* CantRefuseTheCallAnymore: Armand didn't particularly like Vincent and wasn't interested in deliver the letter, but begrudgingly accepts the task when his father guilts him into it.
* CloudCuckoolander: Doctor Mazery is a little goofy, though he does import some critical information about Vincent's death.
** Adeline describes Vincent as being somewhat eccentric, insisting on painting while it was raining, but overall a nice man.
* ConservationOfNinjutsu: Armand is up against ''three'' grown men when drunkenly defending the Young Man with a Cornflower, and still wins.
* DeathByDespair: Pere Tanguy says this happened to Theo: after Vincent's death, he lost his will tolive.
live, and not even his own infant son could rouse him back to life. In real life, one of the causes of his death was listed as [[TearJerker sadness]].
* DrivenToSuicide: The general belief is that Vincent killed himself, but Armand picks up various clues that lead him to believe he didn't: Vincent apparently hadn't been planning to end his life due to his ordering more paint, a letter to Armand's father describes Vincent in a calm mood, he would have shot himself in a bizarre place and chose to suffer for hours rather than finish the act, and the angle of the shot was ruled impossible to be a suicide. Dr. Gachet still believes that he committed suicide, however, due to guilt from practically bankrupting his brother and worsening his health. [[DeathByDespair Not that his death made Theo any better...]]
* DrowningMySorrows: After losing his job, Armand has a few drinks too many... ending in a drunken brawl that lands him in jail for the night.
* CloudCuckoolander: Doctor Mazery is a little goofy, though he does import some critical information about Vincent's death.
** Adeline describes Vincent as being somewhat eccentric, insisting on painting while it was raining, but overall a nice man.
* ConservationOfNinjutsu: Armand is up against ''three'' grown men when drunkenly defending the Young Man with a Cornflower, and still wins.
* DeathByDespair: Pere Tanguy says this happened to Theo: after Vincent's death, he lost his will to
* DrivenToSuicide: The general belief is that Vincent killed himself, but Armand picks up various clues that lead him to believe he didn't: Vincent apparently hadn't been planning to end his life due to his ordering more paint, a letter to Armand's father describes Vincent in a calm mood, he would have shot himself in a bizarre place and chose to suffer for hours rather than finish the act, and the angle of the shot was ruled impossible to be a suicide. Dr. Gachet still believes that he committed suicide, however, due to guilt from practically bankrupting his brother and worsening his health. [[DeathByDespair Not that his death made Theo any better...]]
* DrowningMySorrows: After losing his job, Armand has a few drinks too many... ending in a drunken brawl that lands him in jail for the night.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The boatman is only ever referred to by his profession.
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* FriendToAllChildren: Vincent is described as being good with kids, and there's a heartwarming anecdote where he helps a young girl draw a chicken. [[spoiler:This may have also contributed to his refusal to name Rene as the shooter, wanting to protect the youth.]]
* HolierThanThou: Louise Chevalier is a churchgoing Christian, and also incrediblyjudgemental judgmental towards Vincent and the unruly youths of Auvers.Auvers.
* HotBlooded: Armand is hot-tempered and gets in a number of fights over the course of the film.
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* JerkAss: Louise has nothing good to say about Van Gogh, who the audience already knows and loves; the boatman doesn't have anything good to say about her, either.
* KidsAreCruel: The youths Vincent hung around with in Auvers enjoyed tormenting and bullying him, especially Rene. Armand questions why he even hung around them.
* KidsAreCruel: The youths Vincent hung around with in Auvers enjoyed tormenting and bullying him, especially Rene. Armand questions why he even hung around them.
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* RealityEnsues: Armand's extended mission eventually does make him lose his job, which in turn makes him lose his place at the inn.
* RedHerring: Armand suspects that Vincent's relationship with Marguerite and his later argument with Dr. Gachet led to his suicide, but Marguerite reveals later that Vincent didn't have serious feelings for her.
* RedHerring: Armand suspects that Vincent's relationship with Marguerite and his later argument with Dr. Gachet led to his suicide, but Marguerite reveals later that Vincent didn't have serious feelings for her.
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* TitleDrop: Vincent signs his letters as ''your loving Vincent.''
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: Armand had a lifelong career in the army, Adeline married a local innkeeper, and Marguerite remained unmarried and lived in her father's house for the rest of her life, keeping Vincent's painting of her for decades. Rene, on his deathbed, admitted that he tormented Van Gogh, but claims Vincent stole his gun to kill himself.
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: Armand had a lifelong career in the army, Adeline married a local innkeeper, and Marguerite remained unmarried and lived in her father's house for the rest of her life, keeping Vincent's painting of her for decades. Rene, on his deathbed, admitted that he tormented Van Gogh, but claims Vincent stole his gun to kill himself.
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One year after Vincent van Gogh's Creator/VincentVanGogh's death, his friend Joseph Roulin finds a lost letter addressed to Vincent's younger brother, Theo. Joseph gives his son Armand the task of finding Theo and delivering the letter. While trying to complete this assignment, Armand meets many people who were important to Vincent during the painter's last weeks alive, and also starts to question whether the accepted story of Vincent's suicide is actually true.
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* DeathByDespair: Pere Tanguy says this happened to Theo: after Vincent's death, he lost his will to live.
* DrowningMySorrows: After losing his job, Armand has a few drinks too many...ending in a drunken brawl that lands him in jail for the night.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Armand Roulin is introduced fighting the Zouave for insulting his father - showing his hot temper and sensitivity about his family.
* EpilogueLetter: There are two: not only do the Roulins get to read the letter that Armand delivered, but Theo's widow also gifts Armand an extra letter from Vincent.
* EverybodySmokes: In 19th century France, everyone smokes. Armand, the Gachets, and others all smoke cigarettes. Vincent and Theo van Gogh smoke pipes.
* FalseConfession: On his deathbed, Vincent says he wanted to kill himself - but Armand comes to believe this confession was part of a cover-up.
* Flashback: The story of Vincent's life is told through flashbacks.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Vincent, the vagabond painter, is Foolish; Theo, the successful middle-class art dealer, is Responsible.
* HolierThanThou: Louise Chevalier is a churchgoing Christian, and also incredibly judgemental towards Vincent and the unruly youths of Auvers.
* IWillFindYou: Armand's mission starts as this: he's tasked with finding Vincent van Gogh's brother, Theo, in order to deliver one of Vincent's letters.
* InkSuitActor: The characters in the film resemble Van Gogh's portraits (which, of course, portrayed real people), but also strongly resemble their actors. Marguerite Gachet in particular more closely resembles Saoirse Ronan than her real-life counterpart.
* LickedByTheDog: The Gachets' housekeeper thinks Vincent is "evil." The citizens of Arles think he's mad. To a young girl at Adeline's inn, however, he's just a nice man who draws her pictures.
* MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold: Several people comment on Vincent's loneliness, and even the few who like him find him eccentric. But - as shown by his tenderness for children and animals, his politeness towards Rene's girl friends, and his desire not to be a burden on others - he still has a kind heart.
* MonochromePast: The present-day is brightly colored, but all flashbacks are in black and white.
* NotProven: At the end, there's not enough proof to know if Vincent's death was a suicide or manslaughter.
* OldFashionedRowboatDate: The Boatman believes Vincent and Marguerite were doing this - because why else would a single man and woman go rowing alone? Marguerite refuses to confirm or deny this, however.
* OnceMoreWithClarity: Several scenes are repeated and made more clear from another's perspective. For instance, some in Auvers assume Vincent and Dr. Gachet quarreled over Vincent's friendship with Marguerite - but the doctor later reveals the fight was over his own artistic pretensions.
* TheQueensLatin: Though the film is set in France, with almost entirely French characters, everyone speaks English with British accents.
* StarvingArtist: Vincent works hard at his vocation, but is entirely dependent on his brother for support. At one point he's reduced to painting on dish towels because he can't afford canvas.
* DrowningMySorrows: After losing his job, Armand has a few drinks too many...ending in a drunken brawl that lands him in jail for the night.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Armand Roulin is introduced fighting the Zouave for insulting his father - showing his hot temper and sensitivity about his family.
* EpilogueLetter: There are two: not only do the Roulins get to read the letter that Armand delivered, but Theo's widow also gifts Armand an extra letter from Vincent.
* EverybodySmokes: In 19th century France, everyone smokes. Armand, the Gachets, and others all smoke cigarettes. Vincent and Theo van Gogh smoke pipes.
* FalseConfession: On his deathbed, Vincent says he wanted to kill himself - but Armand comes to believe this confession was part of a cover-up.
* Flashback: The story of Vincent's life is told through flashbacks.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Vincent, the vagabond painter, is Foolish; Theo, the successful middle-class art dealer, is Responsible.
* HolierThanThou: Louise Chevalier is a churchgoing Christian, and also incredibly judgemental towards Vincent and the unruly youths of Auvers.
* IWillFindYou: Armand's mission starts as this: he's tasked with finding Vincent van Gogh's brother, Theo, in order to deliver one of Vincent's letters.
* InkSuitActor: The characters in the film resemble Van Gogh's portraits (which, of course, portrayed real people), but also strongly resemble their actors. Marguerite Gachet in particular more closely resembles Saoirse Ronan than her real-life counterpart.
* LickedByTheDog: The Gachets' housekeeper thinks Vincent is "evil." The citizens of Arles think he's mad. To a young girl at Adeline's inn, however, he's just a nice man who draws her pictures.
* MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold: Several people comment on Vincent's loneliness, and even the few who like him find him eccentric. But - as shown by his tenderness for children and animals, his politeness towards Rene's girl friends, and his desire not to be a burden on others - he still has a kind heart.
* MonochromePast: The present-day is brightly colored, but all flashbacks are in black and white.
* NotProven: At the end, there's not enough proof to know if Vincent's death was a suicide or manslaughter.
* OldFashionedRowboatDate: The Boatman believes Vincent and Marguerite were doing this - because why else would a single man and woman go rowing alone? Marguerite refuses to confirm or deny this, however.
* OnceMoreWithClarity: Several scenes are repeated and made more clear from another's perspective. For instance, some in Auvers assume Vincent and Dr. Gachet quarreled over Vincent's friendship with Marguerite - but the doctor later reveals the fight was over his own artistic pretensions.
* TheQueensLatin: Though the film is set in France, with almost entirely French characters, everyone speaks English with British accents.
* StarvingArtist: Vincent works hard at his vocation, but is entirely dependent on his brother for support. At one point he's reduced to painting on dish towels because he can't afford canvas.
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''Loving Vincent'' is a feature-length animated film - the first where every frame is literally a painting.
One year after Vincent van Gogh's death, his friend Joseph Roulin finds a lost letter addressed to Vincent's younger brother, Theo. Joseph gives his son Armand the task of finding Theo and delivering the letter. While trying to complete this assignment, Armand meets many people who were important to Vincent during the painter's last weeks alive, and also starts to question whether the accepted story of Vincent's suicide is actually true.
A Polish/UK collaboration, 125 painters helped to create the thousands of oil paintings necessary to animate this film.
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* AgeLift: In real life, Adeline Ravoux (the innkeeper's daughter) was 13 when Van Gogh died. In the film, she appears to be about the same age as Armand, who is 20.
* AmateurSleuth: Armand takes on this role: he's not a detective, but he tries to uncover the truth behind Vincent's death.
* BrattyHalfPint: The Young Man with a Cornflower repeatedly teases Armand. Even his father concedes he's an annoyance.
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One year after Vincent van Gogh's death, his friend Joseph Roulin finds a lost letter addressed to Vincent's younger brother, Theo. Joseph gives his son Armand the task of finding Theo and delivering the letter. While trying to complete this assignment, Armand meets many people who were important to Vincent during the painter's last weeks alive, and also starts to question whether the accepted story of Vincent's suicide is actually true.
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!! This film provides examples of:
* AgeLift: In real life, Adeline Ravoux (the innkeeper's daughter) was 13 when Van Gogh died. In the film, she appears to be about the same age as Armand, who is 20.
* AmateurSleuth: Armand takes on this role: he's not a detective, but he tries to uncover the truth behind Vincent's death.
* BrattyHalfPint: The Young Man with a Cornflower repeatedly teases Armand. Even his father concedes he's an annoyance.
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