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The Real Thing

"Real life in fake cities"

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.

Top Cast

  • Benoît Felici

    Benoît Felici

    Self - Narrator (voice)

  • Bianca Bosker

    Bianca Bosker

    Self - Photographer

  • Stanislas Skuza

    Stanislas Skuza

    Self - Priest

  • Jean-Noël Loucou

    Jean-Noël Loucou

    Self - Priest

  • Anthony Mackay

    Anthony Mackay

    Self - Architect

  • Jean-François Staszak

    Jean-François Staszak

    Self - Geographer

Overview

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.

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