Francofonia

Francofonia

An elegy for Europe

2015•1h 27m•6.5/10

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6.5/10(82)

Master filmmaker Alexander Sokurov (Russian Ark) transforms a portrait of the world-renowned museum into a magisterial, centuries-spanning reflection on the relation between art, culture and power.

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Production

MEDIA Programme of the European Union, ARTE France Cinéma, Eurimages, Idéale Audience, Zero One Film, Musée du Louvre, Netherlands Fund for Film, CNC, German Film Fund

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Louis-Do de Lencquesaing

Louis-Do de Lencquesaing

Jacques Jaujard

Vincent Nemeth

Vincent Nemeth

Napoléon Bonaparte

Benjamin Utzerath

Franz Wolff-Metternich

Jean-Claude Caër

Johanna Korthals Altes

Marianne

Aleksandr Sokurov

Aleksandr Sokurov

(voice)

François Smesny

(voice)

Peter Lontzek

(voice)

Andrey Chelpanov

Catherine Limbert

La secrétaire de Jacques Jaujard

Léolo

Léolo

Groom service

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