National Gallery

A documentary that goes inside one of the great museums of the world: The National Gallery in London. The National Gallery in London is one of the great museums of the world with 2400 paintings from the 13th to the end of the 19th century. Almost every human experience is represented in one or the other of the paintings. The sequences of the film show the public in various galleries; the education programs, and the scholars, scientists and curators, studying, restoring and planning the exhibitions. The relation between painting and storytelling is explored.

Keywords

  • Cannes: Quinzaine des Cinéastes
  • Festival de Cannes
  • Festival de Cannes - Tax Shelter
  • Painting in Cinema
  • europe
  • history

Actors

  • Leanne Benjamin
  • Kausikan Rajeshkumar
  • Jo Shapcott
  • Edward Watson
  • Larry Keith

Director

  • Frederick Wiseman

Documentary, Timeless


3h


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France
United States of America
United Kingdom
2014
A documentary that goes inside one of the great museums of the world: The National Gallery in London.

A documentary that goes inside one of the great museums of the world: The National Gallery in London.


The National Gallery in London is one of the great museums of the world with 2400 paintings from the 13th to the end of the 19th century. Almost every human experience is represented in one or the other of the paintings. The sequences of the film show the public in various galleries; the education programs, and the scholars, scientists and curators, studying, restoring and planning the exhibitions. The relation between painting and storytelling is explored.

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