Underplayed Gems

Brush with Fate (2003)

Brush with Fate poster
Directed by
Brent Shields
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 40m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 11 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

An imaginary painting by Johannes Vermeer is followed through the hands of different people over centuries. The film shows how the artwork touches the lives of its owners.

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What happens

Brush with Fate is an American drama television film debuted on February 2, 2003, on CBS. It followed the life of an imaginary painting by Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer as it passes through the hands of various people. The film was based on Girl in Hyacinth Blue, the 1999 novel by author Susan Vreeland, and starred Glenn Close and Ellen Burstyn. The imaginary painting Girl in Hyacinth Blue, the principal object in this film, is painted exactly in Vermeer's painting technique by the American master painter Jonathan Janson, author and webmaster of the website about the life and work of Johannes Vermeer "Essential Vermeer". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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