At Eternity's Gate

Famed but tormented artist Vincent van Gogh spends his final years in Arles, France, painting masterworks of the natural world that surrounds him.

Cast

Willem Dafoe

as Vincent van Gogh

Rupert Friend

as Theo van Gogh

Oscar Isaac

as Paul Gauguin

Mads Mikkelsen

as The Priest

Mathieu Amalric

as Dr. Paul Gachet

Emmanuelle Seigner

as Madame Ginoux

Niels Arestrup

as Madman

Anne Consigny

as Teacher

Amira Casar

as Johanna van Gogh-Bonger

Vincent Perez

as The Director

Reviews

Gimly

I get what _At Eternity's Gate_ was going for, visually. But that thing was not a thing i enjoyed. The framing made me rather uncomfortable, which, again, kind of the point, but not for me. Massive props to Dafoe of course, his Oscar nomination for best actor is not uncalled for, and special extra p...

Peter McGinn

Okay, I will freely admit up front that I rolled my eyes around about the third or fourth time we were given a top-down angle view of Van Gogh walking, walking, walking. And some of the shots went a bit too long, though I suspect there was a point being made. I do not mind being challenged by a movi...

r96sk

Not one for me. I will say that Willem Dafoe is terrific, undoubtedly. His performance in <em>'At Eternity's Gate'</em> was honestly the only part of this 2018 release that kept my interest piqued. The support cast don't do anything wrong but don't really illuminate the film for me either. It has...

CinemaSerf

This is a great little biopic looking at the latter stages of the life of an hugely creative but flawed human being. Willem Dafoe really does offer up a convincing performance as Vincent van Gogh - he encapsulates both the creative and temperamental madness of this genius artist wonderfully; and the...

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