"Real life in fake cities" 01 May 2018 Factual, TV Movie 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.
Watch the official The Real Thing 2018 trailer in HD below.
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
Victoire Buff Producer
Philipp Griess Production Manager
Fabrice Puchault Producer
David Borenstein Production Supervisor
Olivier Mille Producer
Li Xiaobin Production Supervisor
El imperio de lo falso: clones de monumentos famosos Trailer
Kopioiden merkillinen maailma Trailer
Archi-faux : vraies villes et faux monuments Trailer
Archi-vrai Trailer
Archifaux Trailer
The Real Thing VR Trailer
The Real Thing: Real Life in a Copycat World Trailer
Fake Empires: The Architecture of Imitation Trailer
Klony słynnych zabytków: królestwo fałszu Trailer
Canada 01 May 2018
Germany 11 September 2018
Spain 11 September 2018
Finland 05 October 2018
France 11 September 2018
United Kingdom 11 September 2018
Poland 11 September 2018
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