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Master auteur Alekandr Sokurov (Russian Ark) explores art's relationship with culture and power, primarily through the Louvre during the Nazi...
Master auteur Alekandr Sokurov (Russian Ark) explores art's relationship with culture and power, primarily through the Louvre during the Nazi occupation.
"Another century has passed on the Old Continent... Large armies are trampling on the heart of civilisation and cannon fire is once again taking its toll. Amidst the massacre and the ruins, everything majestic, magnificent, and sacred, that took millions of minutes and hours of determined labour to build, is wiped out. Jacques Jaujard and Count Franziskus Wolff Metternich worked together to protect and preserve the treasure of the Louvre Museum. Alexander Sokurov tells their story. He explores the relationship between art and power, and asks what art tells us about ourselves, at the very heart of one of the most devastating conflicts the world has ever known." (Venice Film Festival)
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"Alexander Sokurov's dense, enriching meditation on the Louvre and specifically (but not exclusively) the museum's status during WWII defies categorization."
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Variety
Variety"What matters at this point, as Sokurov admirers can confirm, is to hold your nerve, and to trust that all these strands will be threaded into the weave of a larger design."
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The New Yorker
The New Yorker"Sokurov has a gift, perhaps unmatched among his international peers, for turning intellectual brooding into visually arresting cinema."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"Francofonia is a fascinating essay and meditation on art, history and humanity's idea of itself."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"Beware the film billed as a "meditation" on anything."
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New York Post
New York Post""Francofonia" is a love letter to France and the Louvre, but it's also a harrowing reminder that not all cultures have been held in such high esteem."
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times"The subject of Francofonia is art as the spoils of war... Making the barest hint about the destruction of historic artworks in Syria at the hands of ISIS, Sokurov gently reminds the viewer why all this is terribly relevant today."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood ReporterFrancofonia | Details
Award winner- Winner of Best Euro-Mediterranean Film and the Fondazione Mimmo Rotella Award (Sokurov), 2015 Venice Film Festival.
- Runtime
- 88
- Genre
- Documentary, Drama, War
- Country of origin
- France, Germany, Netherlands
