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France

Directed by Bruno Dumont

Release: 2021
Runtime: 133
Language: French with English subtitles
Director: Bruno Dumont
Writer: Bruno Dumont

Léa Seydoux brilliantly holds the center of Bruno Dumont’s unexpected new film, which starts out as a satire of contemporary news media before steadily spiraling out into something richer and darker. Set in contemporary Paris, France stars Seydoux as France de Meurs, a seemingly unflappable superstar TV journalist juggling her studio show, reporting on a distant war, and the rush of family life. Her high-profile world is turned upside down after she injures a delivery man in a traffic accident, triggering a series of self-reckonings and a strange romance that proves impossible to shake. Never one to shy away from provoking his viewers, Dumont’s latest is tragicomic and deliciously ambivalent – a very 21st-century treatment of the difficulty of maintaining identity in a corrosive culture.

Reviews More Reviews

"A star vehicle for Léa Seydoux, whose acting is these days hitting a new level of richness."

– Jonathan Romney, Screen Daily

“Dumont delivers wild twists at a hectic pace, creating a kaleidoscopic frenzy of unreality and turning the daily life of a celebrity into a hallucinatory, media-saturated distortion.”

– Richard Brody, The New Yorker

“Dazzling. A fantastically pleasurable cinematic delight… bolstered by one helluva committed Lea Seydoux performance.”

– Nicholas Bell, Ion Cinema

“Dumont’s shift across the last decade into outright absurdity, and his exuberant mistrust of form, is grounded by Seydoux’s star persona.”

– Ben Flanagan, In Review

"A biting and complex satire on our relationship with the media.”

– Marilou Duponchel, Les Inrockuptibles

"Bruno Dumont examines a France that has been hijacked by social media and 24/7 news. A violent satire, shot through with lightning bolts of melodrama, interpreted by Lea Seydoux gone full kamikaze."

– Frédéric Foubert, Premiere

"The director offers Léa Seydoux her most resplendent role to date, that of a woman destroyed by the media complex in which she is trapped."

– Murielle Joudet, Le Monde

Awards & Festivals

Cannes Film Festival
Rotten Tomatoes - Certified Fresh
NY Film Festival
New York Time Critics' Pick
Generic International Film Festival
Sundance Official Selection
Tiff

Gallery

Léa Seydoux in a scene from France, photo by R. Arpajou, courtesy Kino Lorber
Léa Seydoux in a scene from France, photo by R. Arpajou, courtesy Kino Lorber
Blanche Gardin and Léa Seydoux in a scene from France, photo by R. Arpajou, courtesy Kino Lorber
Léa Seydoux in a scene from France, photo by R. Arpajou, courtesy Kino Lorber
Léa Seydoux in a scene from France, photo by R. Arpajou, courtesy Kino Lorber
Léa Seydoux in a scene from France, photo by R. Arpajou, courtesy Kino Lorber
Léa Seydoux in a scene from France, photo by R. Arpajou, courtesy Kino Lorber
Léa Seydoux in a scene from France, photo by R. Arpajou, courtesy Kino Lorber
Blanche Garden and Léa Seydoux in a scene from France, photo by R. Arpajou, courtesy Kino Lorber
Léa Seydoux in a scene from France, photo by R. Arpajou, courtesy Kino Lorber
Director Bruno Dumont with Léa Seydoux on the set of France, photo by R. Arpajou, courtesy Kino Lorber

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Technical Info

  • Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
  • Color: Color

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Venue City Date
a/perture cinema Winston Salem 1640322000December 24, 2021 - January 21, 2022
AFI Silver Silver Spring 1643605200January 31 - February 4, 2022
All Saints Cinema / Tallahassee Film Society Tallahassee 1641531600January 7 - March 11, 2022
Amherst Cinema Amherst 1642741200January 21 - April 22, 2022
Angelika at Mosaic Fairfax 1643346000January 28 - February 25, 2022
Angelika Pop-Up at Union Market Washington 1643346000January 28 - February 25, 2022
Avalon Theatre Washington 1644555600February 11 - May 13, 2022
Bijou Theatre Lincoln City 1642136400January 14 - April 25, 2022
Bozeman Film Society Bozeman 1645160400February 18 - May 7, 2022
ByTowne Cinema Ottawa 1641272400January 4 - January 7, 2022
Chelsea Theater Chapel Hill 1642741200January 21 - February 25, 2022
Cincinnati World Cinema Cincinnati 1643346000January 28 - February 25, 2022
Cinema Arts Centre Huntington 1642741200January 21 - February 25, 2022
Cinema Detroit Detroit 1642136400January 14 - February 4, 2022
Cinema Public Montreal 1643259600January 27 - February 1, 2022
Cinematique of Daytona Daytona Beach 1641531600January 7 - February 4, 2022
Cleveland Cinematheque Cleveland 1643950800February 4 - February 25, 2022
COLCOA Los Angeles 1641531600January 7 - March 25, 2022
Coral Gables Art Cinema Coral Gables 1643346000January 28 - February 25, 2022
Dairy Arts Center Boulder 1642050000January 13 - January 17, 2022
Denver Film / Sie FilmCenter Denver 1642136400January 14 - February 11, 2022
Film at Lincoln Center New York 1639112400December 10, 2021 - January 7, 2022
Film Society of Summit Summit 1644037200February 5 - February 6, 2022
Gateway Film Center Columbus 1641531600January 7 - February 4, 2022
Gene Siskel Film Center Chicago 1642136400January 14 - February 4, 2022
Guild Cinema Albuquerque 1641099600January 2 - January 30, 2022
Jacob Burns Film Center Pleasantville 1642136400January 14 - February 4, 2022
Laemmle Theatres Los Angeles 1639717200December 17, 2021 - January 14, 2022
Landmark Nuart Theatre Los Angeles 1639112400December 10, 2021 - January 7, 2022
Landmark Opera Plaza San Francisco 1641531600January 7 - February 4, 2022
Lighthouse International Film Society Long Beach Island 1641531600January 7 - March 25, 2022
Living Room Boca Boca Raton 1642136400January 14 - February 4, 2022
Living Room Indianapolis Indianapolis 1641531600January 7 - February 4, 2022
Living Room Portland Portland 1642741200January 21 - February 11, 2022
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth Fort Worth 1642741200January 21 - January 24, 2022
New Plaza Cinema New York 1641531600January 7 - March 25, 2022
North Park Theatre Buffalo 1643950800February 4 - February 25, 2022
Oklahoma City Museum of Art Oklahoma City 1641531600January 7 - January 10, 2022
Onyx Theatre Nevada City 1646974800March 11 - April 15, 2022
Pageant Theatre Chico 1642741200January 21 - February 25, 2022
Palm Springs Cultural Center Palm Springs 1639717200December 17, 2021 - April 30, 2022
Plaza Theatre Atlanta 1642741200January 21 - February 18, 2022
Rehoboth Beach Film Society Rehoboth Beach 1639717200December 17, 2021 - January 14, 2022
Roxie Theater San Francisco 1643346000January 28 - April 29, 2022
Roxy Cinema New York 1642136400January 14 - February 11, 2022
Sacramento French Film Festival Sacramento 1642136400January 14 - March 11, 2022
Salt Lake Film Society Salt Lake City 1642741200January 21 - February 25, 2022
Sedona International Film Festival Sedona 1645246800February 19 - February 23, 2022
SIFF Film Center Seattle 1642136400January 14 - January 17, 2022
Smith Rafael Film Center San Rafael 1641531600January 7 - January 28, 2022
SNF Parkway Theatre Baltimore 1642741200January 21 - February 18, 2022
Sudbury Indie Cinema Sudbury 1641531600January 7 - April 8, 2022
The Cinematheque Vancouver 1639630800December 16, 2021 - January 6, 2022
The Clairidge Montclair 1640926800December 31, 2021 - January 14, 2022
The Frida Cinema Santa Ana 1642741200January 21 - February 18, 2022
The Picture House Pelham 1640322000December 24, 2021 - January 14, 2022
Vermont International Film Festival Burlington 1641445200January 6 - February 3, 2022
Zeitgeist Theatre Arabi 1642136400January 14 - February 11, 2022