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* FictionalCounterpart: Considering its prominence and the way they cover news, the "i" channel is one for the real life French news channel BFM TV.
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* TheAtoner: Out of guilt after accidentally running into the scooter of Baptiste (the food deliveryman), France keeps contact with him and his family and offers him gifts while he's recovering. Upon learning that Baptiste was also providing for his parents, she gives them a check for the money he won't earn while he's recovering, even if they politely refuse initially, and she even offers him a new scooter. She gives them €40000 in total.

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* TheAtoner: Out of guilt after accidentally running into the scooter of Baptiste (the food deliveryman), deliveryman) and likely because she's a SlaveToPR, France keeps contact with him and his family and offers him gifts while he's recovering. Upon learning that Baptiste was also providing for his parents, she gives them a check for the money he won't earn while he's recovering, even if they politely refuse initially, and she even offers him a new scooter. She gives them €40000 in total.
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* StrawmanNewsMedia: * ''Film/{{France|2021}}'': Even if she places herself in some dangerous situations such as a war zone, France de Meurs (Creator/LeaSeydoux) cares more about her image and makes sure interviews last as little as possible so her face will be shown as much as possible and she talks with [[invoked]]{{padding}} most of the time, and she has some small actions staged to look good in her coverage.

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* StrawmanNewsMedia: * ''Film/{{France|2021}}'': Even if she places herself in some dangerous situations such as a war zone, France de Meurs (Creator/LeaSeydoux) cares more about her image and makes sure interviews last as little as possible so her face will be shown as much as possible and she talks with [[invoked]]{{padding}} most of the time, and she has some small actions staged to look good in her coverage.
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* StrawmanNewsMedia: Even if she places herself in some dangerous situations such as a war zone, France cares more about her image and makes sure interviews last as little as possible so she'll be shown and talk with [[invoked]]{{padding}} most of the time, and she has some small actions staged to look good in her coverage.

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* StrawmanNewsMedia: * ''Film/{{France|2021}}'': Even if she places herself in some dangerous situations such as a war zone, France de Meurs (Creator/LeaSeydoux) cares more about her image and makes sure interviews last as little as possible so she'll her face will be shown as much as possible and talk she talks with [[invoked]]{{padding}} most of the time, and she has some small actions staged to look good in her coverage.
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* StrawmanNewsMedia: Even if she places herself in some dangerous situations such as a war zone, France cares more about her image and makes sure interviews last as little as possible so she'll be shown and talk with {{padding}} most of the time, and she has some small actions staged to look good in her coverage.

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* StrawmanNewsMedia: Even if she places herself in some dangerous situations such as a war zone, France cares more about her image and makes sure interviews last as little as possible so she'll be shown and talk with {{padding}} [[invoked]]{{padding}} most of the time, and she has some small actions staged to look good in her coverage.
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* StrawmanNewsMedia: Even if she places herself in some dangerous situations such as a war zone, France cares more about her image and makes sure interviews last as little as possible so she'll be shown and talk with {{padding}} most of the time, and she has some small actions staged to look good in her coverage.
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** The second war zone in which France ventures is not named, but several things bring UsefulNotes/{{Syria}} to mind, chiefly the fact that the locals speak Arabic and that "the regime" (like UsefulNotes/BasharAlAssad's) bombards its own population.

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** The second war zone in which France ventures is not named, but several things bring UsefulNotes/{{Syria}} to mind, chiefly the fact that the locals speak Arabic and that "the regime" "[[AnonymousRinger the regime]]" (like UsefulNotes/BasharAlAssad's) bombards its own population.
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* HighPoweredCareerWoman: France mentions to her husband that she earns five times more than he does when they have a dispute.
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The film also stars Benjamin Biolay and Blanche Gardin.

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The film cast also stars includes singer Benjamin Biolay and comedian Blanche Gardin.

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* NoCommunitiesWereHarmed: The second war zone in which France ventures is not named, but several things bring UsefulNotes/{{Syria}} to mind, chiefly the fact that the locals speak Arabic and that "the regime" (like UsefulNotes/BasharAlAssad's) bombards its own population.

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** The first war zone in which France ventures has Tuaregs living there (indicating it's a Saharan UsefulNotes/{{Africa}}n country) but it's not named.
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The second war zone in which France ventures is not named, but several things bring UsefulNotes/{{Syria}} to mind, chiefly the fact that the locals speak Arabic and that "the regime" (like UsefulNotes/BasharAlAssad's) bombards its own population.
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* CelebrityIsOverrated: During the whole aftermath of the accident with Baptiste, France comes to resent her celebrity as she tells her therapist, to the point of stopping her career.

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* CelebrityIsOverrated: During the whole aftermath of the accident with Baptiste, France comes to resent her celebrity as she tells her first therapist, to the point of stopping her career.
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* MentalHealthRecoveryArc: France spends four weeks at a clinic in the Swiss Alps when she's mentally exhausted after quitting her job.
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* {{Satire}}: The film satirizes modern French media, the fabric of "star journalism", "news as entertainment" and the intellectual dishonesty of news-based TV channels.
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* CelebrityIsOverrated: During the whole aftermath of the accident with Baptiste, France comes to resent her celebrity as she tells her therapist.

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* CelebrityIsOverrated: During the whole aftermath of the accident with Baptiste, France comes to resent her celebrity as she tells her therapist.therapist, to the point of stopping her career.
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* TheAtoner: Out of guilt after accidentally running into the scooter of Baptiste (the food deliveryman), France keeps contact with him and his family and offers him gifts while he's recovering. Upon learning that Baptiste was also providing for his parents, she gives them a check for the money he won't earn while he's recovering, even if they politely refuse initially, and she even offers him a new scooter.

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* TheAtoner: Out of guilt after accidentally running into the scooter of Baptiste (the food deliveryman), France keeps contact with him and his family and offers him gifts while he's recovering. Upon learning that Baptiste was also providing for his parents, she gives them a check for the money he won't earn while he's recovering, even if they politely refuse initially, and she even offers him a new scooter. She gives them €40000 in total.
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* AsHimself: Real life journalists François-Xavier Ménage and Omar Ouahmane appear as themselves.
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''France'' is a 2021 French {{dramedy}} film written and directed by Bruno Dumont. It is inspired by the novel ''Par ce demi-clair matin'' by Charles Péguy.

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''France'' is a 2021 French {{dramedy}} film written and directed by Bruno Dumont. It is inspired by a part of the novel book ''Par ce demi-clair matin'' by Charles Péguy.
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* TheAtoner: Out of guilt after accidentally running into the scooter of Baptiste (the food deliveryman), France keeps contact with him and his family and offers him gifts while he's recovering. Upon learning that Baptiste was also providing for his parents, she gives them a check for the money he won't earn while he's recovering, even if they politely refuse initially.

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* TheAtoner: Out of guilt after accidentally running into the scooter of Baptiste (the food deliveryman), France keeps contact with him and his family and offers him gifts while he's recovering. Upon learning that Baptiste was also providing for his parents, she gives them a check for the money he won't earn while he's recovering, even if they politely refuse initially.initially, and she even offers him a new scooter.
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''France'' is a 2021 French {{dramedy}} film written and directed by Bruno Dumont.

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''France'' is a 2021 French {{dramedy}} film written and directed by Bruno Dumont. \n It is inspired by the novel ''Par ce demi-clair matin'' by Charles Péguy.
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* EiffelTowerEffect: France lives and works in UsefulNotes/{{Paris}}, so of course there's shots of the capital city's landmarks here and there.

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* EiffelTowerEffect: France lives and works mostly in UsefulNotes/{{Paris}}, so of course there's shots of the capital city's landmarks here and there.

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* HighPoweredCareerWoman: France mentions to her husband that she earns five times more than he does when they have a dispute.



* MostWritersAreWriters: France's husband Fred (Benjamin Biolay) is only mentioned to be a writer. A successful one, apparently.

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* MostWritersAreWriters: France's husband Fred (Benjamin Biolay) is only mentioned to be a writer. A successful one, apparently.
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* NoCommunitiesWereHarmed: The second war zone in which France ventures is not named, but several things bring UsefulNotes/{{Syria}} to mind, chiefly the fact that the locals speak Arabic and that "the regime" (like UsefulNotes/BasharAlAssad) bombards its own population.

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* NoCommunitiesWereHarmed: The second war zone in which France ventures is not named, but several things bring UsefulNotes/{{Syria}} to mind, chiefly the fact that the locals speak Arabic and that "the regime" (like UsefulNotes/BasharAlAssad) UsefulNotes/BasharAlAssad's) bombards its own population.
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* IntrepidReporter: France ventures in war zones on several occasions.

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* IntrepidReporter: France ventures in war zones on several occasions. She nearly gets shot in the second location.
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* NoCommunitiesWereHarmed: The second war zone in which France ventures is not named, but several things bring UsefulNotes/{{Syria}} to mind, chiefly the fact that the locals speak Arabic and that "the regime" (like UsefulNotes/BasharAlAssad) bombards its own population.

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* CelebrityIsOverrated: During the whole aftermath of the accident with Baptiste, France comes to resent her celebrity.

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* CelebrityIsOverrated: During the whole aftermath of the accident with Baptiste, France comes to resent her celebrity.celebrity as she tells her therapist.


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* IntrepidReporter: France ventures in war zones on several occasions.
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* CelebrityIsOverrated: During the whole aftermath of the accident with Baptiste, France comes to resent her celebrity.



* MaliciousSlander: France's downfall starts the day she accidentally runs into the scooter of a food deliveryman. While she gets out of her car to check if he's ok, there's a {{paparazzi}} around who rushes in to take a picture of her, and the next morning a tabloid publishes an issue with said picture on the cover which accuses her of being a reckless driver. It then goes FromBadToWorse.

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* MaliciousSlander: France's downfall starts the day she accidentally runs into the scooter of a food deliveryman. While she gets out of her car to check if he's ok, there's a {{paparazzi}} around who rushes in to take a picture of her, and the next morning a tabloid publishes an issue with said picture on the cover which accuses her of being a reckless driver. It then goes FromBadToWorse.
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* TheAtoner: Out of guilt after accidentally running into the scooter of Baptiste (the food deliveryman), France keeps contact with him and his family and offers him gifts while he's recovering. Upon learning that Baptiste was also providing for his parents, she pays them in advance for as long as he's recovering, even if they politely refuse initially.

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* TheAtoner: Out of guilt after accidentally running into the scooter of Baptiste (the food deliveryman), France keeps contact with him and his family and offers him gifts while he's recovering. Upon learning that Baptiste was also providing for his parents, she pays gives them in advance a check for as long as the money he won't earn while he's recovering, even if they politely refuse initially.
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* TheAtoner: Out of guilt after accidentally running into the scooter of Baptiste (the food deliveryman), France keeps contact with him and his family and offers him gifts while he's recovering.

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* TheAtoner: Out of guilt after accidentally running into the scooter of Baptiste (the food deliveryman), France keeps contact with him and his family and offers him gifts while he's recovering. Upon learning that Baptiste was also providing for his parents, she pays them in advance for as long as he's recovering, even if they politely refuse initially.

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