Francofonia

Francofonia

An elegy for Europe

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Release Date

11/11/2015

Runtime

87 mins

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

French

Budget

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Revenue

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Homepage

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A meditative essay-film that moves between past and present to explore how art endures through history's darkest moments. Sokurov crafts something more like a philosophical reverie than a conventional narrative.

Mood

ContemplativeMelancholicWistful

Themes

Art and creationPowerMemorySurvival

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Meditative

Look

FormalistPainterlyLong takes

Structure

Framed flashback

Heads up

Racial violence

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