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Francofonia

Francofonia

An elegy for Europe

20156.51h 27m

Overview

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.

Directed by Aleksandr Sokurov
Written by Alexei Jankovski, Aleksandr Sokurov
Produced by Els Vandevorst
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Top Cast

Louis-Do de Lencquesaing

Louis-Do de Lencquesaing

Jacques Jaujard

Vincent Nemeth

Vincent Nemeth

Napoléon Bonaparte

B

Benjamin Utzerath

Franz Wolff-Metternich

J

Jean-Claude Caër

J

Johanna Korthals Altes

Marianne

Aleksandr Sokurov

Aleksandr Sokurov

(voice)

F

François Smesny

(voice)

P

Peter Lontzek

(voice)

A

Andrey Chelpanov

C

Catherine Limbert

La secrétaire de Jacques Jaujard

Themes & Keywords

museumpaintinglouvre museumartnazi occupationnazismart museum

About Francofonia

Francofonia is a drama, history film released in 2015 exploring themes of museum, painting, louvre museum, art, nazi occupation, nazism. Directed by Aleksandr Sokurov, it stars Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, Vincent Nemeth, Benjamin Utzerath. 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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