Sien some 20+ years later commits suicide. In actual fact, when Van Gogh met this woman, named Sien, she was pregnant with a second child, who grew up believing Van Gogh was his father. At one point, he takes up with a sometime prostitute with a baby - she eventually leaves. He is a terribly lonely man, but he has an intensity that is almost frightening to people. Basically he lives somewhere until whomever he's living with gets sick of him and throws him out. He is unsuccessful as a minister and eventually takes up painting, supported by his loving brother Theo. A sensitive man with a spiritual sense of life, Van Gogh seeks from the beginning to express God in some way and to give something to the world.
This film is actually based on the Irving Stone novel and while it leaves out parts of Van Gogh's life, it does seem to hit the high points. Kirk Douglas is Vincent Van Gogh in "Lust for Life," directed by Vincent Minnelli and also starring Anthony Quinn as Gaugin (Oscar winner for his performance), and James Donal as Van Gogh's brother Theo.
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