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FRANCOFONIA

By Alexander SOKUROV

CURZON CM FUND - as DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, Airline, UNITED KINGDOM

Documentary - Completed 2015

- Year of production
- 2015
- Genres
- Documentary
- Countries
- GERMANY, FRANCE, NETHERLANDS
- Languages
- RUSSIAN, FRENCH, GERMAN
- Duration
- 90 mn
- Director(s)
- Alexander SOKUROV
- 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 civilisation, and what art tells us about ourselves even in the midst of one of the bloodiest conflicts the world has ever seen.