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Screen/Society--French Film Festival--"Francofonia" [DCP Screening]

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Tuesday, February 14, 2017
7:00 pm - 8:45 pm
Introduced by Prof. Martha van der Drift (Romance Studies); Q&A to follow!
French Film Festival

Film Screening: "Francofonia" (Aleksandr Sokurov, 2015, 87 min, France/Germany/Netherlands, in Russian/French/German/English w/ English Subtitles, Color, DCP) / Set against the backdrop of the Louvre Museum's history and artworks, master director Alexander Sokurov ("Russian Ark") applies his uniquely personal vision onto staged re-enactments and archives for this fascinating portrait of real-life characters Jacques Jaujard and Count Franziskus Wolff-Metternich and their compulsory collaboration at the Louvre Museum under the Nazi Occupation. These two remarkable men - enemies then collaborators - share an alliance which would become the driving force behind the preservation of museum treasures. In its exploration of the Louvre Museum as a living example of civilization, "Francofonia" is a stunning and urgently relevant meditation on the essential relationship between art, culture, and history. / Winner of Fedeora Award at Venice Film Festival (2015)! / "Whimsically intelligent...gently reminds the viewer why all this is terribly relevant today." - Deborah Young, The Hollywood Reporter / "'Francofonia' is a brilliant meditation on art, on war - and what happens to art when nations go to war." - Stephen Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer / Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2IEXUspJVg

Contact: Hank Okazaki