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Francofonia is a 2015 internationally co-produced drama film directed by Alexander Sokurov. It was screened in the main competition section of the 72nd Venice International Film Festival and in the Masters section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. The film won the Mimmo Rotella Award at Venice.
In 1940, museum director Jacques Jaujard (Louis-Do de Lencquesaing) and German officer Count Franz Wolff-Metternich (Benjamin Utzerath) work together to protect Louvre...
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Sep 1, 2015 · A film by Alexander Sokurov, 2015, France/Germany, 87' Master filmmaker Alexander Sokurov (Russian Ark) transforms a portrait of the world-renowned museum into a magisterial, centuries-spanning...
Apr 1, 2016 · For “Francofonia,” Sokurov returns to the art museum, but perhaps taking a cue from its Parisian setting, this film wanders like a flâneur between past and present, traversing space and history, crossing from fiction to nonfiction and back.
From master filmmaker Alexander Sokurov, the director of Russian Ark, comes the powerful story of how precious artworks from the Louvre were saved during WW2...
Mar 31, 2016 · Alexander Sokurov’s unsettling film examines efforts by the Louvre’s director and a Nazi conservator to protect the Louvre’s collection.
Apr 1, 2016 · 1 h 28 m. Summary A portrait of the Louvre transforms into a magisterial, centuries-spanning reflection on the relation between art, culture and power. Drama. History. Directed By: Aleksandr Sokurov. Written By: Aleksandr Sokurov. Francofonia. Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 25 Critic Reviews. 71.
