The first scene begins with a trial which takes place after his death, ordered by a divine Court of Justice. Vincent is invited to defend himself, explaining why he committed suicide. His brother Theo, who had always sustained him in every way, takes up Vincent’s defense.

The following scenes show the most important episodes of Vincent’s life, a long sequence of failures: first as the employee of an art-merchant, than as a teacher and after that as a protestant preacher .

His love-story with the prostitute Sien ends badly; he had picked Sien and her little daughter up from the street and offered them hospitality trying to redeem the woman. But she leaves him to take up her old profession. His friendship with his fellow-painter Gauguin takes a tragical end : after a violent quarrel Vincent cuts off his own ear and takes it to a brothel. As a consequence of what he has done, citizens of the   provençal town Arles, where Vincent had hoped to find inner peace and inspiration, drive him away as a madman. Vincent, who had succeeded in selling only one painting during his lifetime, falls into a deep depression. After having painted some of his best works in only a few days, he shoots himself in one of his beloved corn-fields. "I suffered too much" are the words with which he defends himself in the final song.

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