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Francofonia(2015)
Status: Released
Date: 2015-11-11
66%
79 Votes
Time: 1h 27m
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.
Languages: English, French, German, Russian.
Countries:
France,
Germany,
Netherlands
ProductionCompanies: 
Netherlands Fund for Film
German Film Fund
Movie: Francofonia
Top 10 Billed Cast
Louis-Do de Lencquesaing
Jacques Jaujard
Vincent Nemeth
Napoléon Bonaparte
Александр Сокуров
(voice)
Video Trailer Francofonia
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