Benoit Felici
Director


Las Vegas isn't the only city adorned with architectural replicas. Today, you can admire the London Bridge near Shanghai, visit St. Peter's Basilica in Côte d'Ivoire, or take selfies with one of China's Eiffel Towers. These large-scale copycat monuments can seem like mirages conceived by clever real estate investors, but what do they say about imaginary geographies, modern tourism and globalized urban planning? Do they herald a world where travellers won't cross borders, or are they proof of heightened cultural exchange and new transnational identities? A captivating and poetic meditation, THE REAL THING elegantly journeys from one corner of the globe to the next-capturing a strange postcard here, an unexpected slice of life there-and collects philosophical musings from the people who design and inhabit those places. It creates an intriguing mirror game that plays with the viewer's perception and reflects an unexpected image of the world.
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Benoit Felici
Director
Anthony Mackay
Self - Architect
Bianca Bosker
Self - Author - Photographer
Yi Liu
Self
Faizul Quadri
Self
Stanislas Skuza
Self - Rector - Basilica of Our Lady of Peace
Chengdong Zhang
Self
Franck Allatin
Self
Mr. Liu
Self
Jean-Noël Loucou
Self - Historian
Xiaowei Si
Self
Jean-François Staszak
Self - Geographer
Chuanfei Zhao
Self
Benoit Felici
Writer