FRANCOFONIA

By Alexander SOKUROV

SOONER / UNIVERSCINE BELGIUM - as DISTR VOD

Historical - Completed 2015

June 1940: German troops march into Paris. Alone, Franz Wolff-Metternich, a German officer makes his way toward the Louvre Palace.
He is received by Jacques Jaujard, director of the Museum but the Louvre is empty: its treasures have been removed just before the declaration of war...

Festivals
& Awards

Toronto - TIFF 2015
Masters
San Sebastian FF 2015
Zabaltegi - Tabakalera
Tallinn Black Nights IFF 2015
Panorama
    • Year of production
    • 2015
    • Genres
    • Historical
    • Countries
    • GERMANY, FRANCE, NETHERLANDS
    • Languages
    • RUSSIAN, FRENCH, GERMAN
    • Duration
    • 90 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Alexander SOKUROV
    • Producer(s)
    • Françoise ETCHEGARAY
    • Synopsis
    • FRANCOFONIA is the story of two remarkable men, Louvre director Jacques Jaujard and Nazi Occupation
      officer Count Wolff-Metternich - enemies then collaborators - whose alliance would be the driving force behind the preservation of museum treasures. FRANCOFONIA explores the relationship between art and power, the Louvre museum as a living example of civilization, and what art tells us about ourselves even
      in the midst of one of the bloodiest conflicts the world has ever seen.