Wes Anderson directs an all-star cast in a beautiful love letter to journalists and The New Yorker set in an outpost of an American newspaper in a fictional 20th-century French city that brings to life a collection of stories published in The French Dispatch. Complete with everything that we've come to expect from Wes Anderson - carefully crafted aesthetics, perfect colour palettes, the film stars an outstanding, never-ending list of actors, including Bill Murray, Tilda Swinton, Owen Wilson, Timothée Chalamet, Elisabeth Moss and Jeffrey Wright.
On the occasion of the death of its beloved editor Arthur Howitzer, Jr. (Murray), the staff of The French Dispatch, a widely circulated American magazine based in the French city of Ennui-sur-Blasé, convenes to write his obituary. Memories of Howitzer flow into the creation of four stories. There’s a travelogue of the seediest sections of the city from The Cycling Reporter (Wilson). “The Concrete Masterpiece” is about a criminally insane painter (Benicio del Toro) and his guard and muse (Léa Seydoux). “Revisions to a Manifesto” is a chronicle of love and death on the barricades at the height of student revolt. And “The Private Dining Room of the Police Commissioner” is a suspenseful tale of drugs, kidnapping and fine dining.
It’s ingenious, stylish and marvellously fun, the perfect ingredients for a fabulous night on Sydney Harbour at the world’s most beautiful cinema.
Reviews:
“THIS IS ANDERSON AT HIS MOST CROWD-PLEASING.” – TIMES (UK)
“THE DIRECTOR'S 10TH FEATURE IS AMONG HIS MOST VISUALLY REMARKABLE, EACH FRAME FILLED WITH METICULOUSLY CRAFTED SMALL DETAILS THAT ADD UP TO A DENSE, INVITING CINEMATIC JEWEL BOX.” – SCREEN INTERNATIONAL
“WES ANDERSON'S FILM IS AN OFTEN FASCINATING, WONDROUS EXERCISE IN COMPLEX NARRATION AND VISUAL COMPOSITION.” – SLANT MAGAZINE
“A WORK OF SUCH UNPARALLELED ANDERSONIAN WIT, THAT AT TIMES THE SHEER LEVEL OF DETAIL - MOBILE, STATIC, GRAPHIC AND TYPOGRAPHIC - THAT BEDECKS THE SCREEN WILL SLACKEN YOUR JAW IN AWE.” – THE PLAYLIST
“A BEGUILING CURIO, AND ONE THAT NO OTHER FILMMAKER COULD HAVE CREATED.” – HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
“THE FRENCH DISPATCH IS VERY FUNNY: I AM GRABBING IT OFF THE NEWSSTAND.” – GUARDIAN
Director: Wes Anderson
Starring: Benicio del Toro, Adrien Brody, Tilda Swinton, Léa Seydoux, Frances McDormand, Timothée Chalamet, Lyna Khoudri, Jeffrey Wright, Mathieu Amalric, Stephen Park, Bill Murray, Owen Wilson
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Release Date: 9 December 2021
Country: Germany, USA
Running Time: 108 minutes
Language: English, French
NUDITY, SEXUAL REFERENCES, COARSE LANGUAGE AND DRUG USE