No Time to Die star Léa Seydoux is one busy actress, as the trailer for her third French film of the year has just released, which is already a lot before you count her much-delayed Bond film and Wes Anderson's latest.

This latest film, starring one of France's most famous actresses and coming from Bruno Dumont, one of France's most famous directors, is called... France.

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Okay, the film itself is in on the joke about its title, as Seydoux is playing a French journalist named France de Meurs, with other characters pointing out that's a bit silly. The film is something of a dark, satirical comedy, following de Meurs as she hosts her studio show, puts politicians on the spot, reports from war-torn locales and gets hounded by the paparazzi.

However, a car accident turns her world upside down, as she starts to question every aspect of her life and tries to rediscover who she really is.

The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and has already been released in France, garnering solid reviews for Seydoux's performance.

An appearance from French President Emmanuel Macron at the start of the trailer is not actually him acting in the film but collated from a montage of archival material, with the closing credits also clarifying that he did not perform for the movie.

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Seydoux's other French films released this year are The Story of My Wife and Deception, while the Wes Anderson film she starred in is titled The French Dispatch.

Looking ahead, she's landed herself a role in David Cronenberg's Crimes of the Future, starring alongside The Lord of the Rings' Viggo Mortensen and Spencer star Kristen Stewart (who's also working on a gay ghost-hunting reality show).

France will be released on December 10 in cinemas in the United States and Canada. We'll keep you updated about a United Kingdom release.


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