(Le Dernier Regard – L’Européenne, portrait du Fayoum)

Content: 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.

Countries:

France

Genres:

Documentary

Runtime:

30 minutes

Year:

1998

Directors:

Alain Jaubert

Production companies:

Musée du Louvre,

Palette Productions

Actors:

Narrator

Crews:

Director