Francofonia considers how French society and the occupying Nazi forces viewed culture – and thus themselves – during the World War II. Mixing re-enactment and archive footage, Aleksandr Sokurov (Faust, Alexandra, Russian Ark) builds his narrative around the Musée du Louvre, focusing on the relationship between Jacques Jaujard, Director of the French National Museums, and Count Wolff Metternich, who is sent from Germany to oversee France’s art collection. Amongst the most impressive foreign language films of the year.
We review Francofonia in our November film podcast. Review starts at 6.12…