Léa Seydoux is following up her supporting roles in “No Time to Die” and “The French Dispatch” by taking the lead in “France,” a dark comedy that sees her playing France’s top journalist. Set to hit select theaters December 10, the Cannes pic tells the story of France de Meurs (Seydoux), a beloved celebrity whose life gets turned upside down following a freak accident.
“Why do you need to be in the spotlight?” France is asked in a new trailer for the satire. France doesn’t just want to report on the news — she wants to be making headlines as well. She seems less concerned with journalistic integrity than telling a sensational story. “Tell that guy to brandish his rifle,” she says while filming a segment.
Though she has plenty of fans, France is not without critics. “Journalists never change. You chase ratings,” she’s told.
France’s accident “triggers a series of self-reckonings, as well as a strange romance that proves impossible to shake. A film that teases at redemption while refusing to grant absolution, ‘France’ is tragicomic and deliciously ambivalent — a very 21st-century treatment of the difficulty of maintaining identity in a corrosive culture,” the film’s synopsis teases.
“The French Dispatch” and “No Time to Die” are in theaters now. “Blue Is the Warmest Color” and “The Lobster” are among Seydoux’s other credits.
