Jacques Dutronc

Based on the life of the legendary Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh (Jacques Dutronc), this French film focuses on the last few months before his death. Detailing Vincent's close, if volatile, relationship with his brother, Theo (Bernard Le Coq). Also the friendships with his doctor and physician's pretty daughter, as well as his late-period work and the creative process.

When asked by Chabrol if she wanted to play a pervert, Huppert, true to form, enthusiastically said “Yes!” So came about this benignly-titled character study that leaves an acidic aftertaste. Underneath the smooth veneer of chic interiors and bourgeois civility, dark impulses quietly congeal.

A look at the sexual and professional lives of three people—a television director, his ex-girlfriend, and a sex worker.