France (2021) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

2021 · 133 min · French

Echo score 51

#16,690 2

Directed by

Bruno Dumont

Starring

Léa Seydoux, Blanche Gardin, Benjamin Biolay, Emanuele Arioli, Gaëtan Amiel, Jawad Zemmar

Budget

$5.7M

A celebrated journalist named France de Meurs finds her carefully constructed world shaken when she unexpectedly meets a young delivery man in Paris. This biting drama-comedy explores the complexities of fame and identity as France grapples with a personal crisis. As her life begins to fall apart, she is forced to confront uncomfortable truths about herself and the superficiality of the celebrity culture she inhabits, revealing a tangled web of longing and regret.