Vincent concerns itself with Van Gogh's final fourteen years, during which he spends time first as a minister of the Gospel, selecting impoverished miners as a principal congregation. He segues from religion to art as an avenue to serve humanity. Along the way, he suffers romantic frustrations, obsessively pursuing an unresponsive cousin, then taking up with an abusive prostitute, then patronizing brothels after falling in with a bad character indeed -- artist Paul Gauguin. Throughout, Vincent receives financial support from Theo, a merchant and art dealer, whose brotherly love never wavers. After a term in an asylum, Vincent paints 70 canvases in 70 days before his life hurtles to a violent conclusion.