Francofonia
Streaming video - 2015
Alexander Sokurov’s portrait of the real-life collaboration that saved the Louvre Museum under the Nazi Occupation, a stunning and urgently relevant meditation on the essential relationship between art, culture, and history. Official Selection at the **Toronto International Film Festival**. Winner of the Fedora Award for Best Euro-Mediterranean Film and the Fondazione Mimmo Rotella Award and nominated for the Golden Lion at the **Venice Film Festival**. *"FRANCOFONIA is a brilliant meditation on art, on war - and what happens to art when nations go to war." - Steven Rea, **Philadelphia Inquirer*** *"As Sokurov examines a pivotal point in the Louvre's history and gives us a virtual tour of the magnificent museum, he mak...es larger points about the vital importance of art throughout human history. This is one of the most beautiful films of the year." - Richard Roeper, **Chicago Sun-Times***
- Subjects
- Genres
- Documentary films
- Published
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[San Francisco, California, USA] :
Music Box Films
2015.
2019. - Language
- Russian
- Other Authors
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- Online Access
- A Kanopy streaming video
Cover Image - Item Description
- Title from title frames.
Film
In Process Record. - Physical Description
- 1 online resource (streaming video file) (88 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
- Format
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Access
- AVAILABLE FOR USE ONLY BY IOWA CITY AND RESIDENTS OF THE CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS OF JOHNSON COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, HILLS, AND LONE TREE (IA).