Hélène Seuzaret
Actress
She plays the part of Ellen in the film, a curator.
Even though we were able to film the original documents, letters, drawings and sketchbooks, for safety reasons, we were unable to shoot wide shots in the vault. We built a second vault in a studio and Hélène embodied Ellen, a young lady delving into the correspondence of Vincent van Gogh.
Jacques Gamblin
Actor
He has played in films by directors such as Claude Chabrol, Shohei Imamura, or Bertrand Tavernier. For his performance in laissez-passer he obtained « the best actor » award at the Berlin Film Festival in 2002. He has also acted in several theatre productions including “Les diablogues”
He embodies the voice of Vincent van Gogh in the film.
Peter Knapp
Senior art director
He was behind the artistic conception of ELLE Magazine.
Photographer for the Sunday Times, Stern, Vogue, Elle Magazine, Marie-Claire
Film director : fourty films for the television programme DIM DAM DOM
François Bertrand
Film producer and technical director
General Manager of Camera Lucida productions and Post-camera, a high-definition production facility. Many of his productions have been selected in the world’s most renowned festivals and are co- produced by museums.
Armand Amar
Composer
Has collaborated on several films by writing the soundtrack for, among others, “La Terre Vue du Ciel”, “Go, See and Become” or “Days of Glory”. He worked twice with the director Costa-Gavras: Amen, The Chopper, and was nominated for a Caesar in the category of best musical score for the film Amen in 2003.
Marie Sellier
Author
She has written several films dedicated to iconic painters and sculptors, she has created several collections of art books and has written forty odd works privileging a sensitive approach to the art and the artists. She is Chevalier des arts et des lettres (Order of Arts and Literature).
