Gauguin

Os exteriores e Cassel são ótimos (naturalmente). Mas se o personagem principal não fosse um pintor agora famoso, a sua história do Taiti não teria tido uma única razão para ser transformada num filme (ou escrita, ou qualquer coisa). No entanto, se estiver interessado em Gauguin, verá as ocasiões em que ele (provavelmente) pintou algumas das suas famosas peças. E que ele era, como van Gogh, um homem pobre rejeitado pela sociedade. Mas o filme não penetra no seu interior. Para uma representação cinematográfica soberba da alma e mente atormentadas, musa e motivação de um pintor extraordinário, dirija-se a À Porta da Eternidade de Schnabel. O tema é a vida de van Gogh, mas Gauguin como o seu amigo íntimo desempenha um papel importante. (16/10/2020)

Vincent Cassel was a perfect fit for portraying Paul Gauguin. The whole movie is about a part of his life he spent in Pacific where not even the beauty of Tahiti could make up for all the desperation, hopelessness and depression that emanated from this movie. (13/10/2020)

A darkened moody film influenced by Terence Malick's films, which surprisingly poetically works with the Tahitian backdrop - they look very shabby and melancholy - and with the face and body of Vincent Cassel, who seems, from the very first shot, like he will die in the next shot. The screenplay works with omissions and unspokenness, but sometimes he draws from Gaugin's Letters To His Wife And Friends through a voiceover, which is instead somewhat uneasy. Pleasantly non-didactic given the conditions of biopics, but clearly derived. (27/05/2017)

A beautifully poetic film about a painting genius, whose storytelling pace suits him perfectly. The visually stunning presentation is wonderfully complemented by the captivating musical accompaniment. I feel like I actually spent a couple of years in Tahiti with the controversial Paul Gauguin, played in an utterly disarming way by Vincent Cassel. I admit that I watched it mostly for his sake because I was curious to see how he would handle the role. From the first minute, I couldn't take my eyes off him, completely fascinated by his physical and acting transformation. If someone had told me some time ago that Vincent Cassel could move me in a film, I would have laughed at that, but he really did it! (80%) (18/06/2020)