The Real Thing
Real life in fake cities
55 mins
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.
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
Bastian Esser
Director of Photography
Philipp Griess
Production Manager
Li Xiaobin
Production Supervisor
David Borenstein
Production Supervisor
Avishek Ghosh
Production Supervisor
Olivier Mille
Producer
Victoire Buff
Producer
Fabrice Puchault
Producer
Alessandro D’Emilia
Additional Photography
Julien Baron
Sound Mixer
Roberto Fondriest
Sound Mixer
Benjamin Landsberger
Executive Producer
Benoît Felici
Director
Sophie Brunet
Editor
Pablo Pico
Original Music Composer
Philippe Gozlan
Sound Editor
Philippe Gozlan
Sound Designer
Florian Geiser
Color Grading
Judith Matheron
Production Assistant
Robin Gaussé
Assistant Editor
Maëlle Henry
Assistant Editor
Etienne Pintelon
Assistant Editor
Emanuela Macchniz
Additional Editing
Antoine Favre
Additional Editing
Francesco Fioretto
Graphic Designer
Benjamin Vossler
Sound Recordist
Laura Cavaciutti
Administration
Benoît Felici
Writer
Stefano Bernardi
Sound Mixer