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200747 minPGdocumentary

Dear Vincent

200747 minPGdocumentary

Imaginary letters connect Dragutin Trumbetaš with Vincent Van Gogh, contrasting Trumbetaš's Turopolje and Posavina with Van Gogh's Netherlands and Provence.

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Bogdan Žižić

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Imaginary letters connect Dragutin Trumbetaš with Vincent Van Gogh, contrasting Trumbetaš's Turopolje and Posavina with Van Gogh's Netherlands and Provence.

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Bogdan Žižićdirector

Bogdan Žižićwriter

Dragutin Trumbetašcast

Martin Doolancast

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Dragutin Trumbetaš, an artist from Turopolje, engages in an imaginary correspondence with Vincent Van Gogh, a painter known for his struggles and misunderstood genius. Through a series of picture-letters, Trumbetaš connects his own experiences with those of Van Gogh, reflecting on their shared artistic journeys. The film contrasts the landscapes of Trumbetaš's Posavina with Van Gogh's settings in the Netherlands, Provence, and Île-de-France, weaving together the lives and faiths of two artists across different times and places.

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