The French Dispatch

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Series/Themes: Featured

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Film Year: 2021

Locations: USA, Germany

Film Length: 103 min.

Languages: English, French

Director: Wes Anderson.

Featuring: Willem Dafoe, Timothée Chalamet, Bill Murray, Saoirse Ronan.

The latest in a series of idyllic, fantastical pieces by Wes Anderson, The French Dispatch takes us to the fictional French village of Ennui-sur-Blasé to follow the lives of journalists at an outpost of an American magazine. Inspired by the magazine The New Yorker, the film plays out like an issue of a magazine itself, and is a colorful, unique ode to journalism and the stories within all of us. Introduction by Jody Kielbasa (VAFF) and President Jim Ryan (UVA)

Presented by UVA Arts: Office of the Provost and Vice Provost for the Arts

Wednesday, October 27
7:00 PM
The Paramount Theater
Add To Calendar 20211027 19:00 20211027 21:00 America/New_York VFF: The French Dispatch

The latest in a series of idyllic, fantastical pieces by Wes Anderson, The French Dispatch takes us to the fictional French village of Ennui-sur-Blasé to follow the lives of journalists at an outpost of an American magazine. Inspired by the magazine The New Yorker, the film plays out like an issue of a magazine itself, and is a colorful, unique ode to journalism and the stories within all of us. Introduction by Jody Kielbasa (VAFF) and President Jim Ryan (UVA)

Presented by UVA Arts: Office of the Provost and Vice Provost for the Arts

 The Paramount Theater Virginia Film Festival info@virginiafilmfestival.org

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