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Film · 2020

The French Dispatch

Directed by Wes Anderson · starring Samuel Blenkin, Bill Murray and Adrien Brody

  • 1 h 48 min
  • Comedy · Romance
  • USA
  • Released in the UK 20 October 2021
  • 5.8 Users7 votes

Synopsis

The French Dispatch presents us a love declaration to the journalist office, through a North American redaction located at a fictional city of the 20th century on France. The movie connects between them three stories so different and which are separated by five different decades, inspired by the publications of the last issue of this newspaper. All of those stories have as a stage the fictional French locality where this newspaper is located. In this way, the production shows itself as an opened love letter to the journalism on the big screen, through those different situations and stories based on the publications of the magazine called 'The French Dispatch'. The movie is the new cinematographic project of director Wes Anderson ('Isle of Dogs', 'The Grand Budapest Hotel') and joins habitual Anderson collaborators like Bill Murray, Frances McDormand or Tilda Swinton. It will also feature actors and actress like Benicio del Toro, Jeffrey Wright, Adrien Brody, Léa Seydoux, Lyna Koudri, Mathieu Amalric, Stephen Park, Timothée Chalamet or Saoirse Ronan. On the production works, the film is produced by Scott Rudin, the man responsible of titles like 'No Country for Old Men', 'The Social Network', 'The Truman Show' or, the most recent, 'Lady Bird'.

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The essentials

Runtime
108 min1 hour and 48 minutes
Budget
$25mScott Rudin Productions
Box office
$16m0.6 times its budget
How long is The French Dispatch?
1 hour and 48 minutes (108 minutes).
When was The French Dispatch released in the UK?
It was released in the UK on 20 October 2021.
Who directed The French Dispatch?
Wes Anderson.
Who is in The French Dispatch?
It stars Samuel Blenkin, Bill Murray, Adrien Brody and Frances McDormand.
Where can I watch The French Dispatch?
In the UK it is available with a subscription on Disney+ and to rent on Apple TV and Prime Video.
How much did The French Dispatch make?
It took $16 million in US. It cost $25 million.
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Director
Wes Anderson

Videos and trailers

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Photos and posters

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Reviews

5.8 7 votes
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Box office

Weekend by weekend
  • Budget $25m
  • US $16m
  • UK £3.9m

Soundtrack

All 19 songs
  1. Bouree Sur Place & Forward (Waltz in C# Minor from Les Sylphides)Steven Mitchell Spotify
  2. FiascoGus Viseur Spotify
  3. I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango)Grace Jones, Published Edizioni Curci S, r, l, A Spotify
  4. Arabesque No. 1Daniel Pollack Spotify

Trivia

  • Inspired by alcohol

    Owen Wilson plays Herbsaint Sazerac. He was named after Herbsaint and Sazerac, both liquors hailing from New Orleans. Herbsaint is a type of anise-flavored liqueur and Sazerac is a brand of rye whiskey, and both are ingredients in a characteristically New Orleanian cocktail also called a Sazerac.

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