France

2021
Unrated
2h 13m

IMDb RATING

5.9/10

5.1K

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Comedy Drama

A celebrity journalist, juggling her busy career and personal life, has her life over-turned by a freak car accident.A celebrity journalist, juggling her busy career and personal life, has her life over-turned by a freak car accident.A celebrity journalist, juggling her busy career and personal life, has her life over-turned by a freak car accident.

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IMDb RATING

5.9/10

5.1K

YOUR RATING

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Awards
- 6 nominations total

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FRANCE - a film by Bruno Dumont - official U.S. trailer

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Trivia
The crew was given permission to shoot in the Élysée palace, in the entrance court and one of the salons. Even though Emmanuel Macron, the President of the French Republic at the time, appears in the opening sequence, it's only through the use of archive footage and clever editing.

Quotes
Voisin tartine: You won't run out of money, we're so rich. To die well, one must die poor. Once you're dead, your kindness will remain.

Connections
Featured in Conversations avec... (2018)

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6/10

too long

France de Meurs (Léa Seydoux) is a famous TV news host and she's a celebrity. She skillfully stages her warzone interviews and always puts herself in the middle. She juggles her busy professional life with her family life. She's at fault in a minor car accident and she starts spiraling.

The movie meanders along too long. It's not only the over two hours running time. The story keeps going and going. When the accident happens, I figured the story would pivot around that. I even thought that the family would scam her and make it an even bigger media circus. It seems to be making Baptiste as the brooding teenager ready to make her life miserable. Then those characters fade away. The affair at the retreat is an extra thing that extends the story. At some point, I want the movie to end. It overstays its welcome and I get antsy in the seat. I do like her staging of her interviews. Her accident could be poetic justice if the accident was staged. That's why it's a better central issue.