Vincent & Theo

Take it away.

Now lot 43.

Quiet. 5 millions.

Go on 500.000?

10 mill. 500.000?

A 12 millions

That's 13 millions now.

13 millions?

That's 13 millions.

A bet against

Do you go so far

on principle, Vincent?

Or it's natural?

I understood you wanted

to live this way when...

you obeyed the Commandments

to the letter.

But now you don't

want to do it...

truly, Vincent,

I can't understand it.

Theo, if you do something,

you must do it well?

Do it well?

What?

I'm going to be a painter.

What do you think of that?

I don't like it.

It's better than

that trash you sell in Gulps.

Not everything is trash.

- It's trash, everything is trash!

- We sell Millet,

Corot. We sell many...

of the artists that

you'd admire, besides...

- Oh, Millet!

That's real art.

Millet is art,

Millet is authentic life.

But here there's life too!

And here is God!

God is everywhere...

but in the church

and in our damned family.

The money that dad

has been sending you...

wasn't his, Vincent.

It was mine.

Last time,

Sold.

Yes, I think it'll be sold.

- Yes, I think so.

Especially with that frame.

Sir, they want to see

Mr. Theo Van Gogh.

He's over there.

- I'll take care of that.

Hello, I'm Ren Valadon.

- Andries Bonger.

It's bellow the Gerard.

In the top right-hand corner...

go up, and have a look.

Theo where are you?

- Uncle Cent, I'm here.

Be careful.

Well, Boussod y Valadon

know what they are doing.

They have no idea.

- Things are changing...

and they have no idea

about what's happening here.

If you was here, we could...

- No, no... it's very kind of you

to say that but.

It's not possible.

Cornelia wouldn't allow it...

and the doctors...

- Well, they are so...

...commercial.

- Of course, art is a business...

Good afternoon.

I expect not to interrupt.

No, Andries.

Andries Bonger, Jan Bonger's...

...nephew, my uncle Cent.

Bonger, I used to make

my insurance with him.

Now you can made it

with me, I'm in the firm.

And what brings you to Paris?

- I'm learning the...

trade in the office in Paris.

And you are a friend of Theo,

where are you staying?

He's in my apartment.

Ah! Two Dutch young men

lost in Paris.

It's nothing like that, sir.

We are very serious young men.

He studies the art

of business and me...

the business of art.

I've heard that Vincent

used to work here.

Work?

He used to walk around here...

laughing at the paintings

and offending the clients.

What he didn't understand is

that it doesn't matter if the art...

is good as long as it sells.

- You're right, sir.

And I'm not sure either

that Theo understand it.

What?

- Well...

How is Vincent's art?

He's working really hard.

He paints the peasants.

He dresses, pay and paint them.

Hi, Vincent, how are you?

Do you know, Vincent?

The problem of being an artist...

is that it takes a lot of time

learning the technique.

And when you've learnt it...

probably you've forgotten

what you want it for.

I won't forget it.

Don't turn the art in your religion.

Why not?

It's better than Christianity.

Why don't you go to

a real art school?

I'm not interested, Mauve.

I prefer to learn with you.

- Like in old days.

When all artists had

apprentices, sorry.

But now you live in the

country and Mauve, here...

I'm going to move here.

I can't live with my family anymore.

I despise them.

- I can't believe it.

It's true.

And my father...

I don't get on well with him.

It's a hypocrisy

that I go to the church.

I wonder...

Well, Vincent,

I think you should marry...

a rich woman.

It's the only hope

for an artist.

I can't understand...

how he has abandoned you

being pregnant.

None of my children

had a father.

I thought you just had Maria.

It was one before Maria

and other after her. They died.

I'm sorry.

It doesn't matter. It's the best

thing that could happen to them.

What could I offer to them?

I should go to Leyden.

What is there in Leyden?

The maternity hospital.

The doctor told me,

when I had the last one:

If you get pregnant again...

come back immediately.

I've got something

inside that isn't okay.

I could take you to

Leyden if you want.

Why would you do it?

Because I want to.

Al right

- Fine.

Can drink something?

- Yes.

Have a rest.

Are you painting me?

Yes.

You can't do that.

Why?

Paint me when I'm posing

not when I'm myself.

I'm sorry, I'll stop.

I have to go.

It's raining.

Why don't you stay?

Why don't you stay...

and live here?

There's always room for

one more at the table.

And I could paint you.

You must pay me for posing.

I'm a prostitute.

I know...

...and I'll pay you.

I've a terrible temper.

- Me too.

And I want to bring Maria.

I don't want to leave her.

You can bring Maria.

I'll paint her too.

Okay, I'm going to stay.

Are you going to stay?

- Yes.

I'm glad.

Are you painting me yet?

No, I'm painting

this pipe, the eggs...

the bottle, the candle,

the bowl, the cheese.

And not very well.

Theo!

- Hello Andries.

Who is he?

- Nobody, just a friend.

Is he German too?

- He's a Dutchman.

I'm a Dutchman, not a German.

It doesn't matter.

- He used to live with me and...

Who do you live now with?

- With nobody. I live on my own.

I know somebody that

would like to live with you.

What are you laughing at?

I'm not laughing.

Well, I'm laughing.

Tell me.

I was thinking of something.

- Of what?

In a painting.

- A picture?

Yes, a picture.

What's the matter with it?

When I saw him, years ago,

it stuck in my mind.

I was 17.

It was a picture of

a beautiful woman...

in a room, in a boudoir.

Sitting in a couch,

stroking her hair.

And I thought:

If I could come into

the picture and close it...

I'll stay there forever.

It's so real.

Really incredible.

The ships looks like real ones.

Someday you could paint

a ship like that.

I don't know, I hope that.

I'm sure.

He's a man like you...

and he has painted all this.

- I don't know. He made it with his...

wife and his friends.

A woman painting?

- Yes.

But, why?

You just have to go outside...

and here is the real thing.

That's what he made.

He went outside and saw this.

This is his perception of...

...reality.

And he paint this and leave

it here. It'll be here while this...

place lasts.

She has thought it was the

beach. Well that's art.

I'll take you to Paris.

If you want to piss...

on the paintings,

I'll take you to Paris...

where my brother works.

There there are some paintings...

you can piss on.

In my opinion it's a specially

good example...

of his work.

You can appreciate the...

Turkish and Egyptian

stiles influence.

Here is a Gerome.

That you could like more.

Don't look at that!

My colleague Andre

will tell you about this painting.

Well, gentlemen,

this is an interesting and important

painting:

The fighting c*cks

Are you going?

- For lunch, it's something wrong?

We'd like to talk to you.

- It doesn't matter, Theo, I'll wait.

Sit down.

We've been considering

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