Francofonia
Nov 11, 2015 | IMDB 6.5
87 min Watch NowDrama, History
Master filmmaker Alexander Sokurov (Russian Ark) transforms a portrait of the world-renowned museum into a magisterial, centuries-spanning reflection on the relation between art, culture and power.
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