

Francofonia
An elegy for Europe
6.6(79 votes)
2015
1h 27m
Drama
History
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.
Production
MEDIA Programme of the European Union, ARTE France Cinéma, Eurimages, Idéale Audience, Zero One Film, Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, Musée du Louvre, Netherlands Fund for Film, CNC, German Film Fund
Cast

Louis-Do de Lencquesaing
Jacques Jaujard

Vincent Nemeth
Napoléon Bonaparte

Benjamin Utzerath
Franz Wolff-Metternich

Jean-Claude Caër

Johanna Korthals Altes
Marianne

Aleksandr Sokurov
(voice)

François Smesny
(voice)

Peter Lontzek
(voice)

Andrey Chelpanov

Catherine Limbert
La secrétaire de Jacques Jaujard