Often labeled as a tough guy because of his roles, eclectic choices and talent have made of him a star of european cinema. Hes one of the more notable postimpressionists and for the first time and he gets his own partial cinematic biopic courtesy of edouard deluc with his sophomore project gauguin. Voyage to tahiti, the actor aimed to show the french artist as a man, not an icon. The artist, of course, is paul gauguin, who ruined his health but cemented his iconicity in the latter half of his. Gauguins struggles are welldepicted, less romanticised and more poignant than usual. Voyage to tahiti starring vincent cassel french artist paul gauguin 18481903 was an innovator of modern art, known for experimenting with bold color and distorted proportions, along with his contemporaries vincent van gogh and paul cezanne. The film is beautiful in spots, and features a believably tormented performance by vincent cassel as gauguin, but unfortunately it has only a.
Jul 11, 2018 this first journey there would be moreand the relationship gauguin struck up with a local girl named tehurais the subject of french writerdirector edouard delucs feature gauguin. But as played by the febrile vincent cassel, this gauguin seems too tightly wound for sex. The postimpressionist painters first trip to french polynesia in 1891 is the focus of this lush, semifictionalized biographical exploration of art and inspiration. Jun 12, 2018 upon boarding the biographical drama gauguin. Film europe nekompromisny vizionar paul gauguin opusti pariz, rodinu i priatelov a v roku 1891 sa usadi na exotickom ostrove tahiti, aby tu v divokej a neposkvrnenej prirode nacerpal inspiraciu pre svoje obrazy. Vincent cassel makes waves remixing scandalous art history in gauguin trailer. In 1891, the french painter paul gauguin leaves paris and travels to tahiti to renew his art as a free man, far from the european artistic conventionalism. The film is beautiful in spots, and features a believably tormented performance by vincent cassel as gauguin, but unfortunately it has only a hazy idea of what it wants to be about. Vincent cassel looks the part of gauguin, and he is always watchable, but we never get a true sense of where this gifted painter is coming from. Voyage to tahiti trailer 2018 vincent cassel movie subscribe here for new movie trailers. Aug 01, 2018 vincent cassel has just 20 minutes to spare the french movie star speedtalks his way through a hurried conversation about sex, gallic masculinity and the artist gauguin. In this exclusive clip from the film, which centers on the postimpressionists surprising move to tahiti, gauguin, played by cassel, discusses how his new home has changed his outlook on life.
Voyage to tahiti, directed by edouard deluc, featuring vincent cassel, tuhei adams, malik zidi. The true glory of the film rests on vincent cassel s shoulders, and he brings the painters flaws and talents to life in irresistible fashion. Vincent cassel is on usual great form, sinking his teeth into this version of gauguin, putting forward a sturdy. Quotes on press interest in his marriage with monica bellucci oh, well you know, all european media is not the same. But even so, the strikingly shot feature, a veritable shallowfocus feast, tries to explore a vast array of topics. Voyage to tahiti is a sombre picture of the artist under the sun there are few surprises in this boilerplate biopic based on the painters time in polynesia.
Voyage to tahiti 2017 tuhei adams at an event for gauguin. Voyage to tahiti movie drags on for almost two hours. A fearless and charismatic performance from vincent cassel anchors this biopic of the great french postimpressionist artist paul gauguin during the most fruitful period of his career. Focused on french painter paul gauguin s affair with a younger lady in tahiti. And vincent cassel overacts wildly, chewing at the greenery. Cassel is mesmerizing and looks uncannily like gauguins self portraits. Film edouarda deluca je vypravnou, pritom vsak meditativnou sondou do duse vasniveho a problematickeho genia. Vincent cassels soulful portrayal propels vivid gauguin. Rooney mara boards todd haynes film with cate blanchett. Blueeyed vincent cassel was born in paris to a leading actor father, jeanpierre cassel, and a journalist mother, sabine litique. Escaping the social conventions of findesiecle paris to venture through the jungles of polynesia, he meets his young muse tehura tuhei adams, who will. Gauguin biopic starring vincent cassel paints a dull picture. The release of the biopic directed by edouard deluc is expected fall 2017. As if i found myself somewhere in the avatar universe in a new film by edouard deluc, vincent cassel played the postimpressionist paul gauguin, an amateur who criticized the politicians and moral standards of european society.
Cassel casts a gloom in sanitized biopic of a starving artist. The shallowfocus biopic gauguin, from french writerdirector edouard deluc, stars vincent cassel as the titular painter during his polynesian period. Voyage to tahiti is a sombre picture of the artist. Voyage to tahiti stars vincent cassel as famous french artist paul gauguin, a painter who decided to leave behind his wife and child and civilized life to. Vincent cassel black swan stars as the titular postimpressionist artist in his first sojourn in tahiti, far from the moral codes of civilized europe, where he falls for a local woman and sets into motion the colorful canvasses of island scenes that became his signature work. Jul 09, 2018 in this exclusive clip from the film, which centers on the postimpressionists surprising move to tahiti, gauguin, played by cassel, discusses how his new home has changed his outlook on life. Jul 10, 2018 that said, next to the recent film rodin, which cast vincent lindon as the sculptor auguste rodin, gauguin. Sep 26, 2017 the shallowfocus biopic gauguin, from french writerdirector edouard deluc, stars vincent cassel as the titular painter during his polynesian period. Flush with the idea of new freedoms, henri gauguin a magnetic vincent cassel abandons his family and a drab paris and sets off for tahiti. Vincent cassel plays a heavily bearded paul gauguin in gauguin. Sean gallen, the upcoming the films production values cannot be faulted and vincent cassel capably captures the essence of a soul in creative torment. Voyage to tahiti as the titular icon of premodern art, vincent cassel knew he had a mammoth easel to fill. The paul gauguin biopic that should have been more troubling. Vincent cassel plays painter paul gauguin in the film gauguin.
His portrayal can make us understand the he had no choice but to paint, and all costs. Voyage to tahiti trailer 2018 vincent cassel movie subscribe here for new movie trailers focused on french painter paul gauguin s affair with a younger lady in tahiti. Although the script is based on gauguins own writing, the film presents him as such a gloomy gus. Vincent cassel makes a great old, sickly and passionate gauguin. Vincent cassel opens up about tina kunakey, children and. Jul 19, 2018 vincent cassel looks the part of gauguin, and he is always watchable, but we never get a true sense of where this gifted painter is coming from.
Voyage to tahiti, which casts another vincent cassel as paul gauguin. Voyage to tahiti stars vincent cassel as famous french artist paul gauguin, a painter who decided to leave behind his wife and child and civilized life to travel out to tahiti in 1891. The film, starring vincent cassel, depicts and sanitizes the painter s first experiences living in french polynesia. Voyage to tahiti as the titular icon of premodern art, vincent cassel knew he had a mammoth easel. Im sure that like in england, they can be much more bothering than in france, for example. The simple loving relationship between paul and tehura is worn down and corrupted in the same way the people of polynesia were by sickness and greed introduced by the colonizers.
In case we miss this, there are many scenes in which characters gaze at gaugin, their eyes brimming with sympathy and occasionally even tearspresumably to guide the viewers reactions. The film is beautiful in spots, and features a believably tormented performance by vincent cassel as gauguin, but unfortunately it has. Voyage to tahiti examines his time on the island in detail, focusing on his work as much as his relationships. Voyage to tahiti posted by phil on jun 14, 2018 in all, art, biopic, books, drama, film, trailers 0 comments he was an innovator of modern art during his life, known for experimenting with bold colours and distorted proportions alongside vincent van gogh and paul cezanne, only his work. The decision to cast and keep the camera pointed at magnetic leading man vincent cassel is the most novel aspect of the otherwise staid french biopic gauguin. With vincent cassel, tuhei adams, malik zidi, puatai hikutini. Vincent cassel has just 20 minutes to spare the french movie star speedtalks his way through a hurried conversation about sex. Gauguin the film concentrates on gaugins years in the polynesian islands first time round without giving other details of time and place. Taken on its own terms, edouard delucs film gauguin. The true glory of the film rests on vincent cassels shoulders, and he brings the painters flaws and talents to life in irresistible fashion.
The release of the biopic directed by edouard deluc. The film, starring vincent cassel, depicts and sanitizes the painters first experiences living in french polynesia. Vincent cassel has just 20 minutes to spare the new york times. Vincent cassel lays on the torturedartist schtick extrathick in this ultimately tedious frenchlanguage portrait of the artist paul gauguin. Jul 11, 2018 the decision to cast and keep the camera pointed at magnetic leading man vincent cassel is the most novel aspect of the otherwise staid french biopic gauguin. First seen working as a day laborer in paris, gauguin played by vincent cassel begs his friends to accompany him to tahiti, at that time a french colony. Sunny 1980s set drama in which an adolescent girl experiences a sexual awakening at the same time as discovering her fathers many infidelities. Voyage to tahiti is a moderately satisfying biopic about the artist paul gauguins first stay in tahiti from 18911893. A film by edouard deluc with vincent cassel saturday, july 21 at 7. Jun 01, 2018 cowriterdirector edouard delucs hagiographic study of revered french artist paul gauguin 1848 1903 isnt really a proper biopic ie.
Focused on french painter paul gauguins affair with a younger lady in tahiti. Vincent cassel as the famed artist in the movie gauguin. On his journey of discovery, he faces solitude and disease, but he also knows the beauty of wild nature and the love of tehura, a young native girl who becomes his wife and model. Vincent cassel has just 20 minutes to spare the new york. Voyage to tahiti chronicles events in the life of paul gauguin after he fled paris in 1891 for selfexile in the jungles of polynesia. A tad late, but i couldnt let these films go uncommented on, especially with their special. That said, next to the recent film rodin, which cast vincent lindon as the sculptor auguste rodin, gauguin.
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