The Real Thing
“Real life in fake cities”
2018•55m•7.6•Released
DocumentaryTV Movie
A smaller scale Eiffel Tower and the Champs-Elysées can be found just outside Shanghai; a copy of St. Peter’s in Rome can be found in Yamoussoukro, in the Ivory Coast: a journey over three continents to see the architecture of imitation, the uncanny world of the fake.
Director
Benoît Felici
Writer
Benoît Felici
Languages
Mandarin, English, French
Studio
Artline Films
Cast
Benoît Felici
Self - Narrator (voice)
Bianca Bosker
Self - Photographer
Stanislas Skuza
Self - Priest
Jean-Noël Loucou
Self - Priest
Anthony Mackay
Self - Architect
Jean-François Staszak
Self - Geographer
Production
Company
Artline Films
Company
ARTE
Producer
Olivier Mille
Producer
Victoire Buff
Producer
Fabrice Puchault
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