2018 film
At Eternity's Gate is a 2018 biographical drama film directed by Julian Schnabel, from a screenplay by Schnabel, Jean-Claude Carrière and Louise Kugelberg. It follows Vincent van Gogh's final years of life, including dramatizing the theory that his death was caused by manslaughter rather than suicide. It stars Willem Dafoe as van Gogh, alongside an ensemble cast that includes Rupert Friend, Oscar Isaac, Mads Mikkelsen, Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner and Niels Arestrup.
The film had its world premiere in the main competition of the 75th Venice International Film Festival on September 3, 2018, where Dafoe won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor. It was theatrically released in the United States on November 16, 2018, by CBS Films, before streaming on Netflix in France on February 15, 2019. It was released theatrically in the United Kingdom on March 29, 2019, by Curzon Artificial Eye. It received generally positive reviews from critics; Dafoe's acting was widely acclaimed, and for his performance he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, among others.
Plot summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.