Screening of "Francofonia"

FSU is hosting a screening of "Francofonia" by Aleksandr Sokurov at the Student Life Cinema on Monday, October 10 at 7:00 p.m.

Francofonia is Alexander Sokurov's portrait of the real-life collaboration that saved the Louvre Museum under the Nazi Occupation. Two remarkable men - enemies then collaborators - share an alliance which would become the driving force behind the preservation of the museum treasures. In its exploration of the Louvre Museum as a living example of civilization, Francofonia is a stunning and urgently relevant meditation on the essential relationship between art, culture, and history.

The following day, October 11 at 3:00 p.m., there will be a screening of "Selfie with Sokurov," an interview with the director of Francofonia, followed by a roundtable discussion with Dr. Laurent Dubreuil (Cornell), Dr. Dragan Kujundzic (University of Florida), Dr. Sergey Toymentsev (FSU) and Dr. Lisa Ryoko Wakamiya (FSU). The screening and roundtable will take place at Student Life Cinema.

Both events are free and open to the public.