Film for Thought: France

Showings

Studio Theater Wed, Jan 26, 2022 7:00 PM
INFORMATION
Rating:Unrated
Run Time:2hrs 13min
Release Year:2021
Genre:Comedy
Drama
English Sub-titles
Independent
Category:Film
CAST/CREW
Cast:Lea Seydoux
Director:Bruno Dumont

Description

In FRANCE, a satirical drama set in contemporary Paris, Léa Seydoux stars as France de Meurs, a seemingly unflappable superstar TV journalist whose career, home life, and psychological stability are turned upside down after she carelessly drives into a young delivery man on a busy street. This unexpected eruption of reality triggers a series of self-reckonings as well as a strange romance that proves impossible to shake. As France attempts to slow down and retreat into a simpler, anonymous life, her fame continues to pursue her. Starting out as a tragicomic satire of the news media, writer-director Bruno Dumont's provocative new film spirals out into something darker as it examines the difficulty of maintaining one's sense of self in a corrosive culture.