Searching for van Gogh: documentary film on exact van Gogh reproductions in Italy

The documentary film “In Search of Van Gogh,” directed by Yu Haibo and Yu Tianqi Kiki and distributed by Wanted Cinema, has been released in Italian theaters.

This is the official synopsis: "An army of Chinese Van Goghs. This is the human landscape of the Dafen district in the Chinese metropolis of Shenzhen, where people work at a relentless pace to manufacture exact reproductions of Van Gogh’s paintings, which are in high demand on the international market. But Zhao Xiaoyong, a former farmer turned painter, is no longer satisfied with this objectifying dimension, which robs the form of its content. He wants to understand Van Gogh better, to touch the heart of what cannot be reproduced: the soul of an artist and his work. And he wants to conquer his own.
His journey from China to Amsterdam is a story of self-discovery in the discovery of art and a powerful metaphor for the travails of a China in deep transition and a West in danger of squandering the treasure of its identity."

The film is available in Mandarin with Italian subtitles.

Searching for van Gogh: documentary film on exact van Gogh reproductions in Italy

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