CinemaOSMovie · 2018 · 0h 55m

The Real Thing

Real life in fake cities

76%(5)IMDbDocumentaryTV 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.

Directed byBenoît Felici

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Status
Released
Runtime
0h 55m
Language
FR
Released
May 1, 2018
Studios
Artline FilmsARTE

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6 credited
Starring

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

Creative team
Directed by
Benoît Felici
Written by
Benoît Felici
Produced by
Victoire Buff
Fabrice Puchault

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