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Bruno Dumont’s latest is strangely out of). A rather messy look at TV journalism, it stars Léa Seydoux as France de Meurs, a celebrity-news anchor whose life starts to unravel after a minor traffic accident. Part satire, part screwball comedy, the film succeeds as neither, despite the elegant Seydoux convincingly channelling the glamour and gumption of a top reporter. As for Dumont, he seems lost in a story that falls well short of the iconic likes of James L. Brooks’  (1987).

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