本片刻画了法国文学巨匠埃米尔·左拉和印象派绘画大师塞尚之间著名的决裂。在普罗旺斯如诗如画的乡间，年轻的左拉和塞尚彼此欣赏和启发，共同探讨艺术的真谛，结下了深厚的友谊。随着二人在各自的艺术领域里不断接近自己的理想，现实主义的左拉和浪漫主义的塞尚最终无法继续彼此理解。他们的友谊也走到了尽头。

拍摄地点为普罗旺斯艾克斯画家保罗·塞尚的画室、花园内及其周边，还有圣维克托尔山；这是1882 - 1906年间一系列长期绘画的聚焦点。

Cezanne's Eye is an experiential journey through the body of a unique landscape - that of Cezanne's Provence. Using intuitive and expressionist visual language and a striking specially composed soundtrack (by Stuart Jones) the film is a movement through land, sky, colour, sound and music that is both sensual and visually challenging. In Stan Brakhage’s words, Cezanne's Eye is “the most significant camera as paintbrush film in the history of cinema”.

EXHIBITION ON SCREEN is thrilled to present one of the most talked about exhibitions of the year. Dedicated to the portrait work of Paul Cézanne, the exhibition opens in Paris before traveling to London and Washington. One can’t appreciate 20th century art without understanding the significance and genius of Paul Cézanne. Featuring interviews with curators and experts from the National Portrait Gallery London, MoMA New York, National Gallery of Art Washington, and Musée d’Orsay Paris, and correspondence from the artist himself, the film takes audiences beyond the exhibition to the places Cézanne lived and worked and sheds light on an artist who is perhaps the least known of all the impressionists – until now.