Francofonia

Nov 11, 2015

1h 27m

★ 6.6

An elegy for Europe

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.

Genres

Drama

History

Production Companies

MEDIA Programme of the European Union

ARTE France Cinéma

Eurimages

Idéale Audience

Zero One Film

Film- und Medienstiftung NRW

Musée du Louvre

Netherlands Fund for Film

CNC

German Film Fund

Francofonia Trailers

Cast

Jacques Jaujard

Louis-Do de Lencquesaing

Napoléon Bonaparte

Vincent Nemeth

Franz Wolff-Metternich

Benjamin Utzerath

Jean-Claude Caër

Marianne

Johanna Korthals Altes

(voice)

Aleksandr Sokurov

(voice)

François Smesny

(voice)

Peter Lontzek

Andrey Chelpanov

La secrétaire de Jacques Jaujard

Catherine Limbert

Groom service

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