Le Dernier Regard – L’Européenne, portrait du Fayoum

30m

Using a funerary portrait from the Fayum preserved at the Louvre Museum, this documentary explores the art of portrait painting in Roman Egypt during the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD. These strikingly realistic faces, painted on wooden panels and placed on mummies, reveal a multicultural society shaped by Egyptian, Greek, and Roman traditions. Through this single portrait, the film reflects on identity, memory, and the human relationship to death.

Cast

Marcel Cuvelier

Narrator

Crew

Alain Jobert

Director

Le Dernier Regard – L’Européenne, portrait du Fayoum

Cast

Crew

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