The Real Thing

The Real Thing

55 mins | Documentary, TV Movie | May 1, 2018

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.

The Real Thing

55 mins | Documentary, TV Movie | May 1, 2018

The Real Thing
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.
Producers ARTE, Artline Films
Original title Archi-faux
Directors Benoît Felici
Writers Benoît Felici

Cast

Benoît Felici

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Bianca Bosker

as Self - Photographer

Stanislas Skuza

as Self - Priest

Jean-Noël Loucou

as Self - Priest

Anthony Mackay

as Self - Architect

Jean-François Staszak

as Self - Geographer