Synopsis
Paris, today. France de Meurs is a star journalist running between a television set, a distant war and the hustle and bustle of her busy family life. Her frantic high-profile world is suddenly turned upside down after a traffic accident in which she injures a pedestrian. This unexpected irruption of reality calls everything into question. As France attempts to slow down and retreat into a simple anonymous life, her fame continues to pursue her until a mystified love affair seems to put an end to her quest.
Filmmaker
Bruno Dumont
His films border somewhere between realistic drama and the avant-garde. His first feature film La vie de Jésus was selected at Directors’ Fortnight. His films have won several awards at the Cannes Film Festival. Two of Dumont’s films have won the Grand Prix award: both L’Humanité and Flanders. Dumont’s Hadewijch won the 2009 FIPRESCI Prize at the Toronto Film Festival. Camille Claudel 1915 screened in Competition in Berlin. P’tit Quinquin world premiered in the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs’ Special Screenings, and The Empire, won a Silver Bear in Berlin.
Filmography: The Empire (2024, D'A 2025), On a Half Clear Morning (2021, D'A 2022), Joan of Arc (2019), Coincoin and the Extra-Humans (2018, D'A 2019), Jeannette, the childhood of Joan of Arc (2017), Slack Bay (2016), P'tit Quinquin (2014, D'A 2015), Camille Claudel 1915 (2013), Outside Satan (2011, D'A 2012), Hadewijch (2009), Flandres (2006), Twentynine Palms (2003), Humanité (1999), Life of Jesus (1997)
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