Venice, a brush, some paint, and lots of despair
The painter Léopold Robert took his own life on 20 March 1835 in his Venice studio, at the height of his fame. The central character of this film, the narrator, attempts to discover the causes of the artist's suicide with the help of his voluminous correspondence.
Jean-Blaise Junod
Director, Writer
Robert Bouvier
Le narrateur
Jacques Bailliart
M. Delécluze

Carlo Brandt
Victor Schnetz
Caroline Gasser
Adèle Robert
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