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76% Critic Match
The Real Thing
“Real life in fake cities”
7.6 / 10• 2018• 55m•NR• French
DocumentaryTV Movie
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
BF
Benoît Felici
Self - Narrator (voice)
LeadBB
Bianca Bosker
Self - Photographer
SS
Stanislas Skuza
Self - Priest
JL
Jean-Noël Loucou
Self - Priest
AM
Anthony Mackay
Self - Architect
JS
Jean-François Staszak
Self - Geographer
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Benoît Felici's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Real Thing is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
