Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2021: #24. Bruno Dumont’s France

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France

Produced by Rachid Bouchareb, Jean Bréhat, Muriel Merlin
Directed by Bruno Dumont
Written by Bruno Dumont
Starring: Léa Seydoux, Blanche Gardin, Benoît Magimel
Cinematographer: David Chambille

Release Date/Prediction: This would have been a Cannes Main Comp title in 2020. The same applies for 2021.

Nicholas Bell
Nicholas Bell
Los Angeles based Nicholas Bell is IONCINEMA.com's Chief Film Critic and covers film festivals such as Sundance, Berlin, Cannes and TIFF. He is part of the critic groups on Rotten Tomatoes, The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA), FIPRESCI, the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) and GALECA. His top 3 for 2023: The Beast (Bonello) Poor Things (Lanthimos), Master Gardener (Schrader). He was a jury member at the 2019 Cleveland International Film Festival.

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