2021 · drama · satire · media
France
Directed by Bruno Dumont2h 13m2021
A celebrity journalist, juggling her busy career and personal life, has her life over-turned by a freak car accident.
Our read: France (2021) reads as a sombre, steady, inventive drama · satire · media entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, steady, measured drama / satire, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- bleak
- cold
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