The movie follows the character of Armand Roulin, who is the son of Vincent van Gogh’s postman. It is a year after van Gogh’s suicide, and Postman Joseph Roulin asks his son to deliver a letter that the painter left for his brother, Theo. Roslin tells his son that Vincent’s death seems suspicious to him because weeks before his suicide, van Gogh sent a letter to him claiming his mood was calm and normal. So Armand Roulin goes looking for Theo van Gogh in Paris, though he seems reluctant to do so. During his visit to Paris, Armand Roulin learns more about the painter’s life and his relationship with his brother. That leads him to travel to Auvers-sur-Oise, where Vincent van Gogh lived and admitted himself into an asylum. Most of the movie develops there and the story of the artist and his suicide is slowly explored through the different characters that interact with him.
The emotional aspect of the movie is clear throughout the whole story, especially regarding the different points of view about van Gogh’s death. In the movie Armand Roulin encounters different people who once knew Vincent and we, together with Armand, are able to see how the different impressions of the artist create a clearer image of who he was in the last moments of his life. He was liked by some people and by others not so much. He was kind, he was misunderstood, he was many different things. It all depends on who is telling the story.
Source: https://thenerddaily.com/movie-review-loving-vincent/
