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The Irises

Name: The Irises
Duration: 3 min

Suzanne Gervais & Jacques Giraldeau

1991 | 3 min

Although when he was alive, Vincent Van Gogh hadn't enough money to pay for his art materials, a hundred years later his painting "The Irises" sold for an unprecedented sum at a New York auction. This animated short, excerpted from Jacques Giraldeau's 1989 film Le Tableau noir, takes a loving look at the masterwork.

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<iframe src="https://www.nfb.ca/film/the-irises/embed/player/" width="(( width ))" height="(( height ))" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true"></iframe><p style="width:(( width ))px"><a href="https://www.nfb.ca/film/the-irises/" target="_blank"><em>The Irises</em></a><span>, </span><a href="https://www.nfb.ca/directors/suzanne-gervais/" title="more films by Suzanne Gervais" target="_blank"><span>Suzanne Gervais</span></a><span> & </span><a href="https://www.nfb.ca/directors/jacques-giraldeau/" title="more films by Jacques Giraldeau" target="_blank"><span>Jacques Giraldeau</span></a><span>, </span><a href="https://www.nfb.ca" target="_blank">provided by the National Film Board of Canada</a></p>

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Credits

director

Suzanne Gervais

Jacques Giraldeau
producer

Yves Leduc

Éric Michel
camera

Suzanne Gervais
animation

Suzanne Gervais
editing

Pierre Lemelin
sound editing

Fernand Bélanger

Yves Angrignon

Vital Millette
voice

Michael Rudder
music

René Dupéré

The Irises

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