Francofonia

Year: 2015

Country: France, Germany, Netherlands

Plot: A history of the Louvre during the Nazi occupation and a meditation on the meaning and timelessness of art.In 1940, museum director Jacques Jaujard and German officer Count Franz Wolff-Metternich work together to protect Louvre artworks from the Nazis. The film is a dense, enriching meditation on the Louvre, Paris and the role of art as an intrinsic part of the spirit of civilization.

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