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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.
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...
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- Films Boutique
Mar 2, 2016 · In its exploration of the Louvre Museum as a living example of civilization, FRANCOFONIA is a stunning and urgently relevant meditation on the essential relationship between art, culture, and...
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- Music Box Films
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...
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- Madman Films
When used to refer to the French-speaking world, the Francophonie encompasses the countries and territories where French is official or serves as an administrative or major secondary language, which spans dozens of countries and dependencies across all inhabited continents. [3]
Depicting the Louvre as a living, breathing paragon of civilization, FRANCOFONIA delivers a mesmerizing and urgent meditation on the essential relationship between art, history and culture. Set...
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Francofonia is a chatty and occasionally brilliant rumination on art, history and death. Francofonia is a fascinating essay and meditation on art, history and humanity’s idea of itself. Aleksandr Sokurov’s Francofonia is rich, complex, challenging.
