The Real Thing poster

The Real Thing

Real life in fake cities

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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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Status
Released
Budget
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Box office
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Language
Mandarin
  • shanghai, china
  • architecture
  • eiffel tower, paris
  • architecture history
  • taj mahal, india
  • monuments
  • hangzhou, china
  • suzhou, china
  • london bridge

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Produced in

France

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Videos

Release dates

  • United KingdomGB

    • Digital / OTTarte11 Sept 2018
  • CanadaCA

    • PremiereHot Docs1 May 2018
  • FinlandFI

    • TVYLE5 Oct 2018
  • FranceFR

    • TVarte11 Sept 2018
  • GermanyDE

    • TVarte11 Sept 2018
  • PolandPL

    • Digital / OTTarte11 Sept 2018
  • SpainES

    • Digital / OTTarte11 Sept 2018

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The Real Thing was released on 1 May 2018.

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